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I'm a ColdFusion advocate as are the majority reading this post, I'd assume. Since being introduced to the CFML language I've begun seeing more CFML engine iplementations. Some of these are free, some are Open Source. The latest one Smith is a CFML engine written completely in Java that runs in a servlet container. The authors of Smith are waiting for feedback from the ColdFusion community before deciding to release the source code but they are giving away the engine for free. Three other CFML implementations I know of are: BlueDragon, Railo, and IgniteFusion. Each of these have their own specific strengths. Each also varies in the way they were implemented.

I believe it is imperative that there are free (and non-free) alternative CFML engines to spread the word about the language and compete with the currently dominate free web languages like PHP, Perl, and Python. If anyone reading this has heard of another CFML engine please post a link to it in the comments so the word gets spread. Also, don't forget to give these engines a try. Play with them, send complements and recommendations. May be the next time you need to setup a computer to host a small to medium sized CF site you can use one of these projects in conjunction with a MySQL or PostgreSQL database.