How many times have you heard the question: "Why use CFML when you can use
PHP, ASP, or JSP, which are all free?" With BlueDragon Server, one of three
editions of BlueDragon from New Atlanta Communications, you can finally
answer that question. It's a free – yes, really free – server for CFML.
And if you've wanted to build and distribute CFML applications as products,
with a bundled implementation of a CFML server, you can do that with
BlueDragon as well, and for far less than the cost of CF5 or CFMX.
In this month's column, I'd like to identify some of the business
opportunities in store for those who consider this relatively new
alternative.
When Is Free Really Free?
In the December 2002 issue of CFDJ, Ben Forta wrote a helpful article, "But
It's Free" (www.sys-con.com... (more)
Over the past few months I've had several conversations with developers that
have all been pretty much the same. Here's a paraphrase of a recent one: "My
management decided to standardize on ,
and my company isn't going to use ColdFusion anymore.
"They're telling me I have to convert my existing CFML applications to run on
the J2EE server so they can... (more)
Did you use EJBs in your last J2EE project? Many Java programmers (and their
managers and CIOs) would consider this a strange question. "How can it be a
J2EE project if it doesn't include EJBs?" they might ask. The answer is: Sun
currently lists 11 J2EE component technologies of which EJB is but one; of
equal importance are servlets, JavaServer Pages (JSP), and JDBC. In fact, a
recently ... (more)
Many BlueDragon customers tell us they're being asked to defend their choice
of CFML (ColdFusion Markup Lanuage) over JavaServer Pages (JSP). They need
help making the argument that CFML and J2EE work well together, and that
perhaps CFML is a better choice for presentation layer technology than JSP
for developing J2EE Web applications. They know instinctively it's the right
choice, but a... (more)
Since New Atlanta first announced BlueDragon about a year ago, we've been
asked two common questions: "What is BlueDragon?" and "Why did you create
it?" I thought a good starting point and introduction for my first column
(which, hopefully, will become a regular CFDJ feature) would be to answer
these questions, particularly the latter.
Briefly, BlueDragon is a CFML scripting engine and ru... (more)
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