actually the 407 is the ex GST price, so it's even worse. (GST downunder is 10%)
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Mark Mandel <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, I agree. > > The upgrade price is not as bad - AUD$148.75 (excluding GST), compared to > USD$109.00 > > Still a hike, given the currency atm, but at least it's not totally > exorbitant. > > Mark > > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Kai Koenig <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm consistently unhappy about that myself and it comes up with every >> release of anything from Adobe outside the US and the realm of the USD >> pricing. To create a fair comparison you'd have to add AU GST though, e.g. >> you're comparing against AUD 370 and not 407. >> >> AUD 370 is still way too expensive from a consumer's point of view >> compared to the current exchange rate (particularly because there's no >> shipping involved etc etc etc) - but keep in mind that global corporates >> have to plan with certain exchange rates for funding and budgeting stuff. >> Part of that can be hedged, certainly, but not all of it. It's particularly >> bad in AU and NZ because of the current badly unnatural strengths of our >> currencies - a AUD100 difference between the 274 and 370 is a bit steep >> though after all. >> >> I said it on Twitter recently when the CS 5.5 pricing was announced - for >> a few of the CS 5.5. products it's cheaper to fly from NZ (prob also from AU >> but I haven't checked) to LA or San Francisco, stay a night, buy CS 5.5 >> there in a retail shop and come back home with the software in your luggage >> and pay customs and GST for it in your country. Also gives you frequent >> flyer miles, status, an included seat for a return overnight flights and >> free food :-) >> >> Obviously not worth it for only CFB 2 and the AUD100 off - but in case >> you're going to the US anyway... :) >> >> Cheers >> Kai >> >> >> > the pricing is a bloody outrage >> > >> > $299 USD == $274 AUD, but they list it as $407 AUD >> > >> > FFS adobe! >> > >> > >> > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Mark Mandel <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Scott Thornton >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Hi, >> >>> >> >>> Do you guys actually use CF builder? >> >> >> >> I use CFB every day, and have done since it first came out. >> >> >> >>> >> >>> I wanted to give proper debugging another go, installed CF builder 1 >> >>> three >> >>> weeks ago and attempted to get started. >> >> >> >> When you say 'proper debugging', do you mean step debugging or just >> >> showing >> >> the coldfusion debug output ? >> >> >> >>> >> >>> To be fair, its an environment that I am not famaliar with, but it >> >>> seems >> >>> so slow, so hard to do anything in it, I have so many questions and >> >>> can't >> >>> find the answers. >> >> >> >> Slow doing what exactly? >> >> >> >>> >> >>> For example: >> >>> My local test site start page is >> >>> http://127.0.0.1/my_site/password/password.cfm, if I view this page in >> >>> IE I >> >>> can see my debugging output and know its going to the correct page >> >>> based on >> >>> the DSN and settings, but the FireFox or IE view ( the tabs next to >> >>> the >> >>> source button) open a page without debugging and I am really not sure >> >>> what >> >>> or where the data is coming from. >> >> >> >> I never use these tabs, so I have no idea ;o) >> >> >> >>> >> >>> The copy Preview URL option returns >> >>> "my_site/Password/sb_password.cfm".. >> >>> but what server? It looks like its pointing to the settings\DSN that >> >>> retrieve my live database, rather then my test database that I want. >> >> >> >> Again, not sure - but I would expect it has to do with which server you >> >> have >> >> it configured to. Right click on your project, and go into the >> >> ColdFusion >> >> properties and see what the configuration settings are. >> >> >> >>> >> >>> Also I have managed to close some of the tabs within the ( lets say >> >>> Snippets view), how do I get them back? better yet, can I "reset" the >> >>> coldfusion perspective entirely? >> >> >> >> You can customize the ColdFusion (or any other) perspective as much as >> >> you >> >> would like. >> >> >> >> If you want to add any View: Window > Show View > Other >> >> Will give you the full list of views you can add to your perspective. >> >> >> >> If you want to reset your perspective, I believe: Window > Reset >> >> Perspective >> >> will do the job you want. >> >> >> >> HTH >> >> >> >> Mark >> >> >> >>> >> >>> Cheers, >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >> >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> >>> Behalf Of Chris Velevitch >> >>> Sent: Tuesday, 3 May 2011 2:39 PM >> >>> To: [email protected]; 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