On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Eric Cobb <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Charlie Griefer wrote: > "Bundling it with FlashBuilder may be their way of trying to increase the > uptake of the language as a whole and thus ultimately sell more server > licenses. By doing this, they're potentially introducing CF to PHP > developers, Java developers, etc." > > I have to say that I don't agree with that last statement. FlashBuilder > 4 (Standard Edition) with CFBuilder costs $299, and FlashBuilder 4 > (Standard Edition) without CFBuilder costs $249. So for an existing > PHP/Flex developer who has no use for CF, do you think they're going to > pay $299 to get an extra IDE for a language they don't use, or spend $50 > less and just get the IDE they need? > No, I think you're right in that scenario. A Flex developer out to upgrade to FlashBuilder -Standard- isn't going to go, "Oh... I can spend an extra $50 and buy ColdFusion Builder instead, which contains FlashBuilder." Sure :) But the FlexBuilder 3 Professional folks who are going to upgrade to FlashBuilder 4 are going to get ColdFusion Builder as part of that upgrade. They're the PHP developers, Java developers, etc to whom I was referring. -- Charlie Griefer http://charlie.griefer.com/ I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love my wife. And I wish you my kind of success. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:332108 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
