Re: Cold Fu$ion (was Database Connectivity)

there is a unix version of cf on trhe market...i have been using it for
aboit a year now

tim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Bonner" <cyberhq(at)idt.net>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: Cold Fu$ion (was Database Connectivity)


> Darrell King wrote:
>
> > Cold Fusion is an excellent product.  Its only two drawbacks in my book:
> >
> > 1) It costs dearly, especially in a production environment.  PHP can
> > perform the same function, and there is no cost...plus its open source,
> > so you can customize it on the really big projects to support you
> > particular needs.
>
> Fortunately, there are many providers (for example,
internetconnection.net,
> which I use) that have already purchased Cold Fusion and will install it
> onto your web hosting account.  You then pay them a small monthly fee
(about
> $10 in my case) to use CF.  This sure beats the couple thousand that the
> full version costs, and you don't have to fool with any installation.
>
> But I don't disagree with your comment, since the above is obviously not
an
> option for, say, an intranet.
>
> > 2) I believe its NT only?  I think there is a Linux version close to
> > release, though...
>
> This ~is~ a major drawback, especially if you want any CGI functionality.
I
> suppose you can write a hack to accomplish the same result, but there are
SO
> many ready-made CGI scripts available for the asking.
>
> <[Jeff]>
>
>

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