Answers in line On 3/2/06, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It does seem expensive, especially given that from what I > > understand its basically a plugin for an open source program? > > Yes, that's all it is. However, it's one hell of a plugin. > > The problem that a lot of people seem to have when looking at software > pricing is that they expect it to match the complexity or size of the > application in question. This is silly. The value of a piece of software - > like anything else - isn't derived from how big it is, or how complicated it > is, but whether it saves you money that you'd otherwise spend doing things > some other way.
I do still think it's a bit of a cheek to charge the equivalent of a full app suite (or a new PC for that matter) for a plugin - no matter how wonderful it is. As to whether it would save me time/money thats a moot point. Flex 2 is not the only option out there, and wearing either of my hats (as an independent developer or as a member of a large dev team working for a not for profit) $1000 is a lot to spend per seat - especially as we would probably need the server as well. > If you're interested in building Flex 2 applications - and I strongly > encourage everyone to take a good look at Flex 2 - you can build them with > your favorite text editor, or you can use FlexBuilder. Having worked with > FlexBuilder myself, I'd buy it in a minute - it makes building Flex 2 > applications so much simpler, that you'll recoup your labor costs in a week. I am interested in Flex2, I am also interested in Ajax and several other options - money will be a big part of any decisions made. To set up 2 servers and 12 developers to use Flex might be a very significant outlay. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:233906 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
