>I don't see how Adobe would make any money, since no one would have to buy >their product to use it. If I could deploy a license-free EAR from my free >developers' edition of CF, I wouldn't need to buy anything at all. CF 7 >already includes Jasper Reports, also.
Well, you don't have to buy anything from Adobe to produce and deploy Flex based apps, since the SDK is free of charge... but i think Adobe plans to make some money off that product ;) If you wanted to use "enterprise" features in your cf apps, you would buy a separate server side component - the cf equivalent of the flex data services. The trend being "enterprise functionality for users with enterprise needs, at enterprise prices" (colloquially known as "Want more? Pay more!"). Of course, just what constitutes an "enterprise" feature would be up to Adobe. And let's not forget the revenue from selling a cf IDE - equivalent to flex builder. /t ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:249215 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
