Lazslo (God I hate typing that)��has a way of
querying a DB...
Dick
On Mar 29, 2004, at 10:02 PM, Dick Applebaum wrote:
> It is late, but I offer you this:
>
> http://www.laszlosystems.com/developers/learn/documentation/tutorials/
> data_app_7.php
>
> To do a dril-ldown the Flash Client, Laszlo (God I hate typing that)��
> invokes a Web service that:
>
> 1) invokes a JSP program
> 2) the JSP program Queries the DB
> 3) the JSP Prog converts the query to XML
> 4)the Laszlo (God I hate typing that) program manipulates the XML
> 5) the XML is sent to the client
>
> Unless I am way 'round the bend, that's a lotta' crap!
>
> Is XML to become the internal lingua franca of web apps (computer��
> programs) -- if so we all better get jobs with SBC
>
> Dick
>
>
>
> On Mar 29, 2004, at 8:33 PM, PC Wroble wrote:
>
> > FORGET flex! Go Laszlo!
> >
> >��I was sick of waiting for flex since the beta list was so small
> so��
> > I've been playing around with Laszlo (LPS) for a while. It rocks!
> I��
> > figured Flex would be priced out of range of us small guys and of��
> > course it is. I actually thought it would start at about $5000 per
> cpu��
> > which is way out of range of us small guys but it's even more than
> I��
> > imagined.
> >��I had previously noted:
> >
> >��>>But, since MM gives away the Flash player and Sells The IDE, I
> think
> >��>>anything that provides an alternative to buying the IDE is a
> >��>>competitor, No?
> >��>
> >��>Well, yes, if this were really an alternative IDE. Laszlo does
> not��
> > have an
> >��>IDE that I see. They assume you'll use another IDE to code your��
> > Laszlo
> >��>applications (which is fine by me). Further, from what I read on��
> > various
> >��>mailing lists from the true Flash pros, most of *them* don't
> even��
> > use the
> >��>Flash IDE for most of their development work (most of which is in
> >��>ActionScript).
> >
> >��See how use Eclipse as a Laszlo IDE at:��
> > http://www.laszlosystems.com/developers/community/forums/
> > showthread.php?s=&threadid=751
> >
> >��>>One thing I haven;t been able to determine is what LZ (Hate
> typing
> >��>>Laszlo) sells -- and how much it costs.
> >��>
> >��>They sell the J2EE EAR/WAR file that contains the Laszlo engine.��
> > It's akin
> >��>to how Macromedia (most likely) will be offering the Flex engine��
> > when it's
> >��>done (integration with Blackstone aside, perhaps). As for price,��
> > they seem
> >��>to be like any other vendor who sells a pricey product....you
> have��
> > to work
> >��>through a sales person to negotiate cost! Macromedia does with
> with��
> > products
> >��>like Breeze, for example.
> >
> >��Laszlo has changed their pricing/version model. For most of it's
> life��
> > they just had the Enterpise Edition which was out of reach of
> small��
> > guys. Just a few weeks ago they were selling the Professional
> Edition��
> > for $995 (or $999) and the Enterprise Edition for $2495 (or
> $2499).��
> > Last week they rebranded the Professional Edition as the Express��
> > Edition and changed the price to $1999 and you now have to call
> the��
> > for pricing on the Enterprise edition. They probably had a run on
> the��
> > Pro edition and realized they could get more for it plus they must
> of��
> > had wind of the Flex pricing. In version 2 of the Developer Edition
> it��
> > supported simultaneous connections from up to 2 remote IP
> addresses��
> > per hour.��In version DE 2.1 that was released the other day they��
> > changed it to support simultaneous connections from up to 5 remote
> IP��
> > addresses per hour. Last week they also released the
> Non-Commercial��
> > Edition which is free for no-commercial use. That should make it a
> hit��
> > with non-profits &! other non-commercial uses.
> >
> >��With the outrageous pricing of Flex and considering most of my��
> > clients are non-profits then Laszlo is for me. I'll be deleting
> the��
> > idea Flex from my memory now.
> >
> >��PC
> >
>
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