Don't take my previous statement as saying that I think the price is good. I'm furious about the price and have been very vocal about this with Macromedia over the last week. I think they have made a major mistake with this. Scott's right too. Macromedia is totally sticking to their 'it will sell' assumptions, and don't seem to be open to any suggestions otherwise.
The thing to remember for people on this list is this: Macromedia does not think that the type of people that are on this list (unless you work for a very large multinational-type company with a very large web budget) are going to be their market, and as such they are not targeting you for this product. As such, they don't care if you think the price is too high, because they never expected you to buy it anyway. The big question is this: Will their target market (Enterprise level Java developers) want to buy it? I hope they will, but I think they won't. Darren Tracey > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Barnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 29 March 2004 5:00 PM > To: CFAussie Mailing List > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Flex has been released. Who will take > the (start > at) 12,000 US$ path? > > > Its a bloody ripoff, and it will sufficate the products > potential, i'll > explain my reasons later tonight (typing an uber FLEX and > why) article now. > > As for OEM version, nothings official for 1.0 and its > doubtful at this time. > > You can use FLEX as a developer edition, so for those of you who have > adopted the V2 framework in Flash MX development and won't go > down the > FLEX path, i suppose consider its use for prototyping RIA' concepts. > > > I would of preferred the pricing model to be around the CFMX > Enterprise > range, but Macromedia have stood by their "it will sell" > assumptions and > only time will tell who was right, and who wasn't. > > Once again, i'll post an article soon on the pro/con of FLEX is power > and overall feasible use. > > > > -- > > Regards, > Scott Barnes > - > http://www.mossyblog.com > http://www.bestrates.com.au > > > Darren Tracey wrote: > > > Actually, variable pricing is fairly standard with high > priced enterprise software. > > > > Darren Tracey > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Gareth Edwards > >>Sent: Monday, 29 March 2004 4:34 PM > >>To: CFAussie Mailing List > >>Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Flex has been released. Who will take > >>the (start > >>at) 12,000 US$ path? > >> > >> > >>Been trying to find out more information and unless you want > >>to speak to a sales rep on the phone.. they wont tell you. > >>They obviously taylor the price to your needs. Very ifffy if > >>you ask me, nothing set in concrete regarding OEM and > >>discounted pricing yet I rekon. > >> > >>Gareth. > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Gavin Cooney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Monday, 29 March 2004 3:49 PM > >>To: CFAussie Mailing List > >>Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Flex has been released. Who will take > >>the (start > >>at) 12,000 US$ path? > >> > >> > >>Any word on Government or Educational pricing? > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: "CFAussie Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 3:33 PM > >>Subject: [cfaussie] Flex has been released. Who will take the > >>(start at) > >>12,000 US$ path? > >> > >> > >>http://www.macromedia.com/software/flex/trial/ > >> > >>We want to know what everyone is thinking, and what people > >>are building > >>(have built) in flex, talk as much as you want. :) > >> > >>Gareth. > >> > >>--- > >>You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>To unsubscribe send a blank email to > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia > >>http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004 > >> > >> > >>--- > >>You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>To unsubscribe send a blank email to > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia > >>http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004 > >> > >>--- > >>You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>To unsubscribe send a blank email to > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia > >>http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004 > >> > > > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia > http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004 > --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004
