When I ran a small consultancy, I used to be in the partner program which let me get a copy of ColdFusion, JRun, etc for development/demo purposes for something like $800. The preimer version of the partner program also threw in the licenses for the studio tools for like $2500. I used the partner program for the office and it was a good deal. Of course none of those programs are quite the way they were with Allaire (not bad, just different).
With the advent of DevNet, it's now $1500/developer seat. So for 1 developer, the DevNet is a much better deal than the Partner program (from a software perspective only) and much more expensive for 3+ partners. Of course I really, really like the downloads online. Considering the Microsoft equivalent of DevNet is $3300, MM DevNet seems a little pricey to me, especially since I'm far more server-side (CFMX, JRun) than client-side (Flash, Fireworks, Freehand) and I think it's a real ripoff that there's no academic pricing for university use (MSDN academic license is $800 vs the $3300 for retail) since I work with a number of university clients that buy these tools, but it certainly contributes to the bottom line at MM and MS has *completely* different reasons to flood the academic market with cheap MS software :) And all that said, $1500 for the tools, conveinience of online *and* CD delivery, the DRKs are not a bad deal. If you're a solo developer, I'd go DevNet -- but factor in that it's a *recurring* cost of $1299 for renewals vs whatever you'd spend on the individual upgrades during that year of subscription time. Regards, John Paul Ashenfelter CTO/Transitionpoint [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 8:46 AM Subject: OT: Devnet Subscription Value > Hi, > Here I go off-topic again...50 lashings for me. Anyway, > I want some input/advice on the Macromedia Devnet > subscription. > > I am a self-employed consultant with a ligit copy of > Studio MX. I use DWMX, CF, Fireworks and JRun daily. I > dabble with Flash and really hope to expand on that. > > I am now faced with upgrading to MX 2004. I attended > the webcast and am impressed with some of the new > features. As you likely know, purchasing a DevNet > subscription is more cost-effective that just upgrading > studio. So my question is: Is DevNet really that great? > It appears to have some cool canned code and tips. > > As I am paying from my own pocket, and with Canadian $ > on top of that, I will be out just over $800 and would > really appreciate any advice or comments from those of > you already subscribed. > > Thanks in advance, > > James > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
