Put a (suggested or in stone) pricing page on Labs so folks looking to download can check it out. I assume they will be drawn to it. Even though I've heard this over and over (the new pricing structure/setup) I would still go the page just to see or for a refresher.
Just a thought... On 2/9/06, Sean Corfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2/9/06, John McKown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The videos are neat on the labs site, and it really does look powerful, > > but until they release pricing information (did I miss it somewhere?) > > I'm curious as to what more we can do to get the message across here? > I was talking with Ben about this yesterday... We've said from the > beginning with Flex 2 that Flex Builder 2.0 will be "under $1,000" per > developer seat and that will be all you need to build (most) Flex > applications. You will use Flex Builder to create SWF files that you > can deploy anywhere - no server software needed (well, you'll need > *some* back-end technology such as ColdFusion or Java if you want to > handle persistence). > > If you want to use data synchronization / messaging / server-to-client > "push" then you will need Flex Enterprise Services - which is a server > component. > > The recent announcements around Flex 2.0 said that the SDK (compiler > and framework) would be available free and that there would be a free > version of Flex Enterprise Services (with some concurrency / > connection limitations). > > Clearly a lot of people aren't seeing the messages so I'd be > interested to hear opinions as to why this message isn't getting out > there... > > Yes, Flex 1.5 was a full server system and was "expensive" (although > if you talk to folks who actually built systems with it, they will > generally tell you that the cost was very reasonable for the benefits > they got from Flex). > > > Anyone know what the pricing is going to be? I don't know how folks can > > get excited about it without this information. > > It seems the excited folks do have that information - and have blogged > it. But that still doesn't seem to be enough to get the message out. > -- > Sean A Corfield -- http://corfield.org/ > Got frameworks? > > "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." > -- Margaret Atwood > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:231859 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
