Barry, I think it depends on what you intend to build.
I think a lot of people are looking at using Flex to build applications that have to be coupled to fairly complex backend systems. The right way to access these systems would require a maintainable framework to access the business logic. That's a significant part of what Flex is trying to achieve, helping people couple a client side application with an existing backend system, and doing this in a maintainable way that encourages reuse and supports familar design patterns. I reckon trying to acheive that goal without Flex is going to take significantly more effort than a $12,000 investment. just some thoughts ... cheers Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Beattie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CFAussie Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 11:45 AM Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Cold Fusion vs ASP How much is that "ease" worth to you - $12,000 for the licence? yeah, I also think it's a damn shame but I can't see MM changing it's pricing strategy. There's been a hell of a lot of negative sentiment about the $$$ already. I was keen as but I'm not even bothering to learn it because I can't see enough market share to justify the training hours. >> is Macromedia aware of the opportunity to separately sell (at more reasonable price) the MXML compiler as a new tool? I'm sure they're very aware. it'd kill proper FLEX sales left and center. perhaps there will be some *worthwhile* FLEX functionality in blackstone? then it'd really piss all over ASP.NET (to bring it back to the original thread) just my $0.02 worth barry.b -----Original Message----- From: Chris Velevitch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 4 May 2004 11:37 AM To: CFAussie Mailing List Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Cold Fusion vs ASP On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 10:06:57 -0700, Sean A Corfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Macromedia made it pretty clear from day one that Flex was aimed at > enterprise application developer teams (in particular, Java developer That's a fine strategy for developing business in a new market. But the problem is, Macromedia has reinvented Flash, basically making more attractive for existing developers who currently use Macromedia tools. Macromedia has given us another, easier and similar, way to create swf files. And at this stage of the game, all I want is the MXML compiler to generate swfs instead of using the Flash IDE. I appreciate that Flex allows you to dynamically generate swf files, and I can imagine the impact that'll have on what you can do with an RIA. But I need to statically generate swf files and MXML makes that whole process easier. Chris --- 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
