But Flex isn't C++ or Visual Studio, both of which have proved themselves over time.
<!----------------//------ andy matthews web developer ICGLink, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 615.370.1530 x737 --------------//---------> -----Original Message----- From: Joe Rinehart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 8:22 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Flex 2 and Ben Forta Hey Rick, After using Flex Builder 2.0, I can't believe it's only $1,000. That's pretty dirt cheap in the world of enterprise software, much less development software - heck, one seat of Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite can be like $3.5k, and that's *cheap* compared to the price of some of the Borland modelling/development tools. -Joe On 3/1/06, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's hard for me to believe an IDE would be worth > $1000 (oh, excuse, me $999, which is less than $1000 :P ) > > Most design software, whether it's for web design, as in > Dreamweaver, photo manipulation, as in Photoshop, > graphics, as in Illustrator, etc., is not even that much...most > of it not anywhere near $1000 unless you get everything > in a bundle. > > Perhaps I'm just showing my ignorance about the Flex IDE, > but with it priced so high (I don't, at this point, see how it could > possibly be worth that much money), it's wide open for > a company with hungrier developers to come in and sell > something for half that and take a lot of business from Adobe > and Flex...what makes it worth $1000? > > Rick > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brad Wood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 4:07 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: Flex 2 and Ben Forta > > > > > > Wonder how long it will be before someone just writes their own IDE or > > plug > > in for Eclipse and offers it for free, much like CFEclipse. Or is there > > something legally preventing that from happening? > > > > > > According to Ben Forta, there is nothing legally to keep someone from > > doing exactly that. As Ben put it, it would be very difficult to > > reproduce the entirety of the functionality they have put in Flex > > builder and he thinks enough people will still continue to pay for > > Adobe's IDE because of those features for a while. I am very interested > > to see what free-ware versions will come about, however. > > > > ~Brad > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:233875 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
