BlueDragon: Kudo's to NewAtlanta

I'm looking forward to the summer release of BlueDragon J2EE edition under GPL.  Currently I use the standard version of BlueDragon for one main reason, it's free.  I would have liked to use the enterprise version, but I just couldn't justify it when I'm only using it for this blog which is purely a labor of love and the site really doesn't generate any revenue, more of a money pit really, and the less I pour down the hole the better. 

When I was looking around for a place to host my blog, I looked at some the ColdFusion hosting partners.  Since I tinker quite a bit and didn't want to deal with any restrictions, a virtual server seemed the best solution.  The only problem with most virtual servers offered by hosting partners is that you have to put your own software on it, or pay a fairly hefty fee for ColdFusion.   In my configuration I'm paying the premium for windows hosting vs a linux virtual server. I'm comfortable with a fee range in the area of $60, or more precisely, I don't have to justify it budget wise.    Not having to pay for BlueDragon let me beef up some of the virtual server options.

While I did work for Allaire and Macromedia ages ago, any feeling of being a traitor has been diminished during the changing of the guard from Allaire to Macromedia to Adobe.   Being able to throw BlueDragon in as part of the solution enlarges the target customer base by bringing into the fold those customers who would balk at the $1299 price of a standard edition of ColdFusion, regardless of any other benefits that ColdFusion might have to offer.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Demosthenes (384 BC - 322 BC)