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rajcold
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May 3, 2010
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Coldfusion 9 standard and enterprise edition

  • May 3, 2010
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Dear All,

I want to install ColdFusion 9 standard edition in my Windows 2008 Server R2.The website shows the free binary available is of enterprise edition.Where can I get the  free standard edition ?

Thanks in advance

-R

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    ilssac
    ilssac
    Inspiring
    May 5, 2010

    All the editions are actually the same download.  It is really just the license (or lack of one) that determines what will be runing on your server.

    Download a developer edition, insert an Enterprise license key three months from now and it is a Licensed Enterprise server.

    Take a running Standard server, remove the license key, it is now a Developer licensed server, which has the Enterprise ability to make CAR (ColdFusion Archive) files.  A useful trick for migrating settings from one standard server to another.

    I am not sure what your concerns are, but just download the developer or free trial version you wish to use and all should be good.

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    rajcoldAuthor
    Participant
    May 6, 2010

    Thanks for all the updates.

    My requirement would be to analyze which one meets our requirements.I

    have two options either to use Standar or the Enterprise.Before buying the licensing compon

    ent want to be sure as what version is sufficient for our requirement considering Enterprise being more expensive than Standard.

    It may happen we buy Standard and then during deployment it doesn't suit the requirement then we have to bear the additional cost for Enterprise.

    The free download available is Enterprise hence if we use that then not sure how much it will be perfect to predict the behavior in Standard as well.

    So I was looking for any freely downloadable binary for the Standard edition or atleast during the time of installation if there is any optin where you can go for the standard version only.

    Let me know your thoughts and suggestions.

    Thanks in advance

    -R

    ilssac
    ilssac
    Inspiring
    May 6, 2010

    I believe you can get the free 30 day trial for each version.  Which is acquired by just downloading the desired version and selecting 30 day trial during the installation.  After the 30 day trail, if you do not provide a valid license key, it will revert to the developer's edition.

    But, in reality, the decision to choose between standard and enterprise can be largely done on paper.  The main difference between the two is features, not performance except for some of the more advanced but less commonly used features.  Unless you have need of multiple ColdFusion services installed on a single machine, native Oracle database driver, high throughput for <CFREPORT...> <CFDOCUMENT...> and other PDF features, gateways or other advanced features -- Standard is a fine server.

    Message was edited by: Ian Skinner

    These links may help

    http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/editions

    http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/pdfs/cf9_feature_comparison_matrix_ue.pdf

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    Anonymous
    May 5, 2010

    I don't believe you can get ColdFusion Standard edition for free.  Just use the Enterprise Edition, but refrain from using any of the features of the Enterprise Edition. I couldn't find a comparison of features for ColdFusion 9, but see the ColdFusion 8 edition comparison: http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/coldfusion8/editions/ 

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