ColdFusion vs Net or PHP - need argument help

What version are you using?  CF8 can plug into .NET, so anything done in .NET by the agencies could still be used.  I don't think the same is true with php, but I could be wrong. One of the issues I have run into is the lack of support for JBOSS, which has also changed with 8. I think the best argument is that you already have CF and an upgrade to 8 would allow for the .NET folks to still do their stuff in .NET and the CF folk can still do their thing.  Nothing beats the flexibility and speed of development that cf has. Eric /*-----Original Message----- /*From: coldfusion.developer@att.net [mailto:coldfusion.developer@att.net] /*Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 11:06 AM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: CF vs .Net or PHP - need arguement help /* /*Our company, a large nationwide organization is creating an RFP to redo /*our entire site /*from scratch for agnecies to review.  The marketing folks are asking the /*agencies to /*recommend a application platform as a part of the RFP.  I know most /*agencies use /*..net or php, but that will be for their advantage and not our existing CF /*staff. /* /*I need some guidance from someone that's been down this road before. I /*don't want us /*to switch technologies just beacuse it's what the agencies use. Why aren't /*there more /*agencies using CF? /* /*D /* /* /*

Companies love to spend money for the heck of it.  Why do you think Adobe raised the price of CF to make it more Enterprise-like in pricing?  Of the biggest complaints(comments) I have heard about CF (and, in my mind, the most asinine) is that CF is too cheap to be a viable enterprise level product.  My thought was if you really want to spend 20k on a solution, give me the 20k, I'll buy CF and keep the rest :-D  Win-Win situation hehehe. Eric /*-----Original Message----- /* /*Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 11:13 AM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: RE: CF vs .Net or PHP - need arguement help /* /*Usually companies don't just spend money for the heck of it.  What is it /*they are trying to do by re-writing the site from scratch?  Do they /*perceive it as slow or outdated, or are they looking for more features /*of some kind? /* /*~Brad /* /*-----Original Message----- /*From: coldfusion.developer@att.net [mailto:coldfusion.developer@att.net] /* /*Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 11:06 AM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: CF vs .Net or PHP - need arguement help /* /*Our company, a large nationwide organization is creating an RFP to redo /*our entire site /*from scratch for agnecies to review.  The marketing folks are asking the /*agencies to /*recommend a application platform as a part of the RFP.  I know most /*agencies use /*...net or php, but that will be for their advantage and not our existing /*CF staff. /* /*I need some guidance from someone that's been down this road before. I /*don't want us /*to switch technologies just beacuse it's what the agencies use. Why /*aren't there more /*agencies using CF? /* /*D /* /* /*

> What version are you using?  CF8 can plug into .NET, so > anything done in ..NET by the agencies could still be used. Well, in fairness, just because CF 8 can run .NET assemblies doesn't mean that "anything done in .NET" could be used. For complete .NET integration - analogous to the kind of integration CF has with Java - you need BlueDragon .NET. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information!