I hate to say it, but even without Flash Builder, Coldfusion Builder probably would have cost the same. Flash Builder was most likely thrown in to sweeten the deal and add value. Flash Builder is probably already has a foothold large enough to cover more of its development costs-- not to mention the professional version is $699. They can probably afford to toss a copy of the standard version in CFB for the people who want it. Creating a bundle for every person's needs is not always the best thing either. If you get your pricing matrix too confusing it just frustrates people.
Also, you can call the shareholders "greedy" but unless you know how much money Adobe poured into CFB for the past year and a half you really can't prove their making bank on anything. ~Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Cobb" <[email protected]> To: "cf-talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:56 AM Subject: Re: ColdFusion Builder Released! > > 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? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:332109 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
