I'd be pretty stupid *NOT* to release the two as a pigeon pair, in that BlackStone has a lite build of some kind, but eventually coupled with FLEX seamlessly (also combine FCS in that mix aswell).
Also there is chatter about MXML should reinvent itself slightly to adhere to Longhorn AXML, for .NET enterprise level folks getting onboard.
As you can imagine if you could downsize a basic AXML application into a FLEX SWF, well... that would make it worth 12k i guess.
I think .NET is getting stronger with talk about AXML, so far its really early but if M$ actually pulls this off, then in reality FLEX will need to be a lot stronger to compete in an "Enterprise" environment (lets face it, SOE would dictate AXML's takeup).
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Regards, Scott Barnes - http://www.mossyblog.com http://www.bestrates.com.au
Barry Beattie wrote:
Personally, we thought the same price model as CFMX Enterprise would
be >> nice, and also had expectations that FCS was thrown in as well.
That sounds reasonable. I hope the FLEX capabilities in blackstone are useable to support CF as a market force/selling point. I already know (from my spies) one QLD govt dept that will be ditching CFMX and deploying ASP.NET, migrating their existing CF apps over to it.
just 2c worth barry.b
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From: Scott Barnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 30 March 2004 11:06 AM
To: CFAussie Mailing List
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.
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