I agree that the pricing needs to be more obvious. Flex 1 was like Spectra. The "call for a quote" on the MM web site just to get a price is a major turnoff. It just kills the momentum of a platform before it even gets started. And lets face it, MM has a track record of doing that (as man other large companies do).
Flex 2 is pretty exciting and so is the pricing model (what has been eluded to so far) and the use of open tools (Eclipse), is also good. I wonder if endorsing Eclipse which will hurt Dreamweaver sales to coders. John McKown President, Delaware.Net ICQ: 1812513 We host Fusebox.org and all of our apps are Fusebox, ColdFusion, and BlueDragon compliant. John C. Bland II wrote: >Ahh...I didn't know that. It isn't in the best position though. I have to >read sentences to figure it out. > >Flex 2 + Flex Builder 2.0...........................................$999.99 >Flex 2 Enterprise Services "Limited"...........................Free >Flex 2 Enterprise Services "Full"................................$2.50 :-) >(is this close to right?) > >Lists always work better than having to read because sentences require >interpretation. These are simply my opinions and could totally be wrong. > >On 2/9/06, Sean Corfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>On 2/9/06, John C. Bland II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>Put a (suggested or in stone) pricing page on Labs so folks looking to >>>download can check it out. >>> >>> >>The pricing information is already on labs: >> >>http://labs.macromedia.com/technologies/flexbuilder2/ - Product Details: >> >>How much will Flex Builder 2.0 cost? >> >>Flex Builder 2.0, which includes a license for the Flex Framework, >>will be licensed on a per seat basis, similar to other integrated >>development environments. Final pricing is not yet available, but Flex >>Builder 2.0 will be sold for less than $1000 per developer. >> >>Will existing Flex customers get Flex Builder 2.0? >> >>Starting with the Flex 2.0 releases, Flex Builder will be licensed >>separately from Flex Enterprise Services. At that time, existing Flex >>customers with current maintenance contracts will receive an >>appropriate number of Flex Builder 2.0 licenses as part of their >>agreement. For more details, please contact your sales representative. >> >>http://labs.macromedia.com/wiki/index.php/Flex:SDK_Announcement >> >>New - Free Flex Software Development Kit >> >>Free SDK >> >>Along with beta 1 we are announcing that the Flex Framework will be >>made available free of charge through the Flex Software Development >>Kit, which will include the command line compiler and documentation >>required to develop, compile, and deploy Flex applications that >>connect to XML and SOAP web services with no additional charges or >>server licensing required. We also plan to make Flex Enterprise >>Services 2.0 free of charge for use by a limited number of concurrent >>users on a single, non-clustered server. Together, these free >>offerings bring the industries most powerful cross-platform RIA >>technology within reach of very every developer and every project. >> >>Here's how I found those paragraphs: >> >>http://www.google.com/search?q=site:labs.macromedia.com+pricing >>-- >>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:4:232039 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
