::nod:: the MAX award winner in the Enterprise category involved LiveCycle used by mfg.com to keep track of lots of specs and RFQs, a lot of them involving CAD drawings.
https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a295153/max2007finalistges/ On 10/7/07, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > LiveCycle is primarily a workflow engine, that is the core of the original > product that became LiveCycle server. Adobe has extended the original > product with PDF integration, Data Services, etc. All told, what it allows > you to do is build workflow applications that leverage the capabilities of > Adobe's other product offerings. You could, for instance, build a workflow > system fronted by a Flex app, running CFMX with integrated Data Services on > the server, all of which integrates PDF as the data entry mechanism for the > workflow in LiveCycle. The filled out PDF can go through the workflow and > end with a completed PDF document stored in a document management system > like Documentum for future reference. > > The market position for the product is in the replacement of paper-based > business processes, which can be modeled in LC and replaced one by one > without having to deploy a big integrated enterprise application at a cost > of months of effort and millions of dollars in licensing and consulting > fees. > > On 10/6/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It's possible. You certainly tend to be correct when you are > > categorical about something. > > > > However, I think we are talking about different frames of reference. > > The context of the briefing was the importance of the Business Objects > > acquisition for the Adobe ecosystem. It was given by the vice > > president for Product Strategy. It was not a how-to session. Within > > that frame of reference, he used a graphic reminiscent of the OSI > > layer model, in which the dev tools -- labeled that way and including > > CS3 -- were on the layer above LiveCycle. Workbench was not mentioned > > (tho yes, it exists) but Workbench would be irrlevant to the > > mainstream press. > > > > However I make no claim to expertise in LiveCycle -- at all -- and yes > > I will be checking on this. Would have anyway. > > > > > > On 10/6/07, Jochem van Dieten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ** Private ** wrote: > > > > I didn't say it was a dev tool, Jochem. I said that it is the > > > > foundation for these dev tools, architectually. This per the press > > > > briefing at MAX. > > > > > > I'm sure you misunderstood something there. LC is not the architectural > > foundation for any (development) tool but LC Workbench. But don't take my > > word for it, get a second opinion from someone who has been working with LC > > for a while. > > > > > > Jochem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243764 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
