The licensing expressly forbids this. You can run as many apps on the one Flex server as you want, but they must all belong to one commercial entity. Commercial hosting is not allowed with the standard license.
I can't see anyone providing 3rd party hosting for this product in a hurry. Darren Tracey > -----Original Message----- > From: Gavin Cooney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 30 March 2004 11:17 AM > To: CFAussie Mailing List > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: FLEX - Shot down > > > Maybe the CPU usage would be prohibitive, but what about > something like > this: > > (Say) 10 of us on this list get together and put $2000 in a > pot. We buy a > fairly powerful server for $4000 and and flex for $16000. > > Then we host col-location hosting for $120 per month. > > Then we all setup vhosts on the machine... (mine could be > http://flex.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au) and sever just my flex > apps from that > server and the rest of my application from my CF server. Then > it could go > back to my cfc on my server for the data etc. > > Is this so crazy, that it might just work? > > Gav > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Newsgroups: cfaussie > To: "CFAussie Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 11:05 AM > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: FLEX - Shot down > > > > As you know, i've been FLEX banner waving since i got my > grubby hands on > > it, so believe me when i say, IT HURTS to see it being shot down. > > > > I have high hopes that eventually Macromedia will see the light and > > reduce the price! There has been talk of a single CPU > licencse as a bid > > to lower FLEX into the medium to large corporation level, > but seriously > > most servers come min with a DUAL CPU, and FLEX isn't > exactly light with > > the memory. > > > > If you do decide to go the 12k price tag, but fear the cpu > load, i guess > > there is an alternative technique available, in that use FLEX to > > generate the SWFS once a day, and basically shift that swf onto your > > main webserver. > > > > From memory there is the ability to set timeouts on the swf aswell, > > this is in the uber version though (developer versions > won't be able to > > be served without FLEX server itself doing it, otherwise it > just halts). > > > > What would be everyones IDEAL price range? in that what > would be the max > > you would be prepared to pay for such a thexthy piece of J2EE luv. > > Personally, we thought the same price model as CFMX > Enterprise would be > > nice, and also had expectations that FCS was thrown in aswell. > > > > -- > > > > Regards, > > Scott Barnes > > - > > http://www.mossyblog.com > > http://www.bestrates.com.au > > > > > > Jeremy wrote: > > > Flex...pity it doesn't have flexable pricing. > > > > > > We have been waiting for Flex to come out to start using > its concepts on > > > some Applications which will replace win32 applications. > I showed my > > > manager the pricing module of Flex and she laughed and > walked away. We > are > > > a large company but even large companies have a limit. > I'm guessing we > > > won't be buying Flex nor programming in it. > > > > > > Pitty it looked like a good concept! > > > > > > Jeremy > > > > > > > > > > --- > > 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
