May 2007 Archive

Why would I want to host on Coldfusion?

I received an email this morning from the illustrious hostmysite.com, the hosters of this very site offering their new Linux VPS plans to me. I’m always on the lookout for a deal so went to have a look at the pricing. In a nutshell, there are two plans that would appeal – a PHP5/MYSQL one for $29.95/month or a CFMX7 Standard one for $116/month.

Yup, $116…a month.

Now this kinda got me thinking. Why the hell is the cost of CFMX so much in a shared hosting environment? Sure, charge the full whack for a dedicated box, but why should the cost be so high in shared hosting and VPS’s? I can’t help thinking Adobe are missing a marketing trick here. Drop the cost of licensing for hosting partners such as hostmysite.com, so that people are able to host on PHP for the same money as CF. It’s no wonder people are not picking up CF when the cost is so much higher compared to other tools.
Normally the cost of CFMX is weighed against saved development time, but when I am hosting something like Feed-Squirrel on a shared box, and am paying for it myself, development time means nothing to me as I am doing it in my free time – for free. By re-writing something like Feed-Squirrel in php I could potentially save myself up to $1000 a year. I know I could use one of the cheaper/no cost solutions like Railo or Smith, but can you find hosting for them that has comparable cost to PHP?

Anyone think the same or have I missed something obvious?

Posted by Neil Middleton on 01 May 2007

Flex/ColdFusion/Flash/ActionScript Developers Needed - Urgently!

Monochrome (an Adobe/Microsoft partner) is a London based RIA/web agency looking for talented developers to join its rapidly growing team, due to winning a number of exciting new contracts.

We are looking for developers and designers that are passionate about RIAs, the web, and want to get involved in projects using cutting edge technologies – such as Adobe Flex/Apollo and Microsoft Silverlight/WPF. We are looking to fill both junior and senior positions and there is the opportunity to cross-train in other technologies.

We have a number of positions available for developers/designers with the following skill sets:

- Flex
- ColdFusion
- Flash/Actionscript
- XHTML/CSS
- Interface/interactive design
- Java/.NET

You will be based in our new South London office in Epsom – 30 minutes from Waterloo / 40 minutes from Victoria.

Excellent salary + benefits + working environment.

Please send your CV to myself at niklas [at] monochrome [dot] co [dot] uk and Phil Locke at phil [at] monochrome [dot] co [dot] uk.

Thanks!

NO AGENCIES – THANK YOU!

Posted by Niklas Richardson on 09 May 2007