The pricing is based on a distro modlel of thousands (or hundreds of
thousands).
If you have a pricing based on hundreds of millions of desktops, that's
quite another thing.
What it boils down to is that CFMX is becoming something analogous to a
UCSD p-code compiler/interpreter -- that was used to create the
second-generation of microcomputer apps (and much of the original Mac
GUI.
CFML is easier to learn/write/maintain apps than Pascal, Java, APL,
JSP, PHP, Perl C,.....
why not use it?
Dick
On Jun 28, 2004, at 8:50 PM, Samuel R. Neff wrote:
> You want to use CFMX and Flex to create desktop apps?��You'll need at
> least
> $18,000 per installation given current pricing.
>
> Flex needs a license for each computer that serves up SWFs created by
> Flex
> (regardless of whether or not Flex is installed).��Distribute the
> SWFs on
> CD, it's $12,000 per CD.
>
> Blackstone details have not been announced but it's a sure bet that
> the
> WAR/EAR deployment options are going to be enterprise only and Ben did
> mention during his preso that you need a Blackstone license on the
> deployed
> machine (although it's possible that it may not be a fully license
> but some
> special runtime license--it's even probable that this is not yet
> decided).
>
> No tool is a one-size-fits-all solution.��CF is a server
> tool.��Always will
> be.��You want to write desktop apps, use something designed for
> desktops
> (.NET, Java, C++, Director, or even Flash with a projector extension).
>
> Sam
>
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dick Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 11:33 PM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: Re: Blackstone @ CF-FUN '04
> >
> > Ben
> >
> > I'll go re-checkout Central.
> >
> > But what I meant was CF/Flash on the desktop -- seems like CFMX/Java
> > can do a lot of apps.
> >
> > But Swing is not all that rich an interface (and as Barney
> > pointed out
> > a PITA to implement)
> >
> > What I am hoping/asking is:
> >
> > With Blackstone can I write a CFMX/Java* app that runs on the
> Desktop
> > (no browser, no web server) and use procedural Flash (ala Flex) to
> > create a UI?
> >
> > * not writing a Photoshop, Word, or Excel -- just a custom App.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Dick
> >
>
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