Bruce Young wrote:
>
> Hi Kieran
>
> >Anyone have an informed opinion on when one is more appropriate than the
> >other?
>
> I've been using Cold Fusion for over 18 months and I love it. The language
> has grown to include lots of tags that go way beyound "just" Db work.
>
> HOWEVER....
>
> I was talking to a client yesterday and I mentioned CF on one of her
> servers and she said "... if we keep it on there...". They were looking at
> going to ASP... Why?? The most common reason for leaving a great product to
> use another...
>
> "It a Microsoft product... and we can easily get any number of contractors
> to do ASP but it's almost impossible to find someone to do CF (apart from
> me)".
>
> It's not that they are trying to get rid of me. They want me, but I don't
> have the time to do stuff for them. So in an attempt to get their stuff
> done they may change to a more ubiquitous product.
>
> I just found out yesterday that I got the Uni job I was after. They use
> Cold Fusion, one of the reasons I got it is that I do CF. So it can be an
> advantage.
>
> HOWEVER... (life's just full of however's)
>
> While the Faculty probably will not use ASP, as that also means a change to
> the Microsoft IIS server rather than the preferred Netscape Enterprise
> server, I think I should at least have some idea of what ASP is and what it
> can do.
>
> Soooo...
donja love this logic <shaking her head>
Not yet mentioned: Cold Fusion runs on Solaris. You have a wider variety
of web servers to choose from. And the development tool (Studio) is
based on HomeSite, which MS tried to buy back when Allaire bought it.
Awards -- that bastion of MSdom, ZD, gave CF a 'best tool' award ...
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