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July 31, 2007
ColdFusion 8 Now Available
We're pleased to announce ColdFusion 8! Since May 2007, more than 14,000 developers have actively participated in the ColdFusion 8 public beta.
Thanks to everyone who participated to make this release the best it can be. You can read more about ColdFusion 8 from the Adobe Press Room.
Experience ColdFusion 8 for yourself on the Adobe ColdFusion Product Page.
For Flex developers, ColdFusion 8 is compatible with Flex 2.0.1 Hotfix 3
Posted by pent at July 31, 2007 10:28 AM
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I would have to say that those 14,000 developers participated in the beta because they didn't realise the pricing policy Adobe was going to use.
USA = $7500 UK (after GBP -> USD conversion) $9000
Well done guys. You really REALLY know how to screw your developer base and make it impossible to sell Coldfusion to new clients.
Thankfully somebody has produced a open source CFML engine http://www.smithproject.org/ but boy oh boy does Adobe need to look at where they want to take Coldfusion (and other products in Europe/Any other country other than the US) because your pricing policy absolutely stinks and is making it extremely hard to justify Adobe CF.
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Peter: Have to disagree with you on pricing. You are partially correct: Enterprise Edition is available for $7499 per 2-CPUs, and Standard Edition is available for $1299 per 2-CPUs. ColdFusion may also be used for development at no cost with the free Developer Edition, a full-featured server for development use only. Special upgrade pricing is available to owners of valid ColdFusion MX 6 and 7 licenses.
Posted by: Adam Reynolds at July 31, 2007 11:55 AM