Coldfusion Builder now available

Question

Dunno if/when this was released in the States, but it's just come out in the UK.
However, it's £200 ($300), which for what it is I can't help but feel is pretty steep. Does anyone else have any opinions on this? Bearing in mind *all* it does is ColdFusion, whereas the (free) Eclipse IDE on which it is based also supports Java development, C, PHP, pretty much anything.
I was largely unimpressed with the Beta over CFEclipse, the only real benefit so far being that the CF9 syntax highlighting is there, plus the highlighting for script-based components.
I've never really been one for debuggers and addons, I've never really required them. Which means one of two things. Either:
1 - These features are largely unused gimmicks, which don't really perform any benefit - I'd always use SQL*Plus or SSMS for interacting with databases, I strongly dislike using RDS. Except for little plugins (Regex tested etc) I don't think I use any of the extra bits.I don't like having an IDE build my classes for me, because I like to have checked every single property and method myself and have thought about them one by one.
2 - I'm an idiot, and I'm massively missing out on some amazing features which would save me hours of my life.
I'd be genuinely interested to know if people will be purchasing Builder (and also if it's your own money or company funds) and if so, what is it that sold it to you?
Cheers
O.

Answer 1

>I think every CF9 licence should come with some number of CFB licences.
>And there should be some free variation of CFB (which doesn't have  debugging,
>or doesn't have extensions, or has a cap on how many projects  one can create, or something).
I completely agree there. What bugs me really, is how Adobe is not helping ColdFusion becoming more popular. I almost think it's better to lie "You don't need an IDE" than saying "There's an IDE but it costs hundreds per license" to a project manager unfamiliar with CF.
Let's take Finland - because I live there. 5 million people, known as a technologically advanced country, the home of Nokia, etc.
Number of software houses providing ColdFusion solutions: 1 using primarily, 1 mainly for serving old customers.
Number of software houses openly advertising "ColdFusion" as their technology: 1
Number of ColdFusion coders in those companies: approx 5 to 6.
Number of open ColdFusion positions on the national employment office's pages within the last SEVEN years: 1
On the same page, number of open (web) programmer positions with PHP in primary requirements TODAY: 45.
(These numbers are personal estimates, made by observing the Finnish ColdFusion scene since 1996 very closely. Of course, some private and in-house developers who adopted ColdFusion years ago, are not showing in these figures)
As ColdFusion has been proven to be practically dead in some snowy, cold corners of the universe, I feel strongly about issues which prevent ColdFusion from getting more popular. There's no chance in hell CF will become even a _known_ product in countries where it's already dead. It doesn't matter at all how good the technology is, if companies know there's no one to replace a coder if he quits the position.
And yet, I'm optimistic, crazy, naive, wishing I can make a difference and my living with it, because ColdFusion rules. So I bought CFB...
-Fernis - fernis.net - ColdFusion Developer For Hire