Damon Cooper also made a post awhile back on the merits of choosing a vendor who emulates a Macromedia technology vs Macromedia itself..sure it was coldfusion vs bluedragon but much of what his argument and points in many ways apply to this discussion.
Look at the end of the day its 12k hurdle and not all (even companies i've worked for were they have the bankroll) are willing to stake their internal reputation / buying power on the product. Despite it sounding like negative moaning, i've been in in 5 places now all very capable of buying FLEX but choosing based on the figures. Its why Lazlo maybe an option despite its flawed technology capabilities it still does a job well - just don't expect too much from it. I'm a biiiiiiig fan of FLEX and i've never made a secret of that hehehe but by god, before this life is over I WILL have an employer sharing my flex position. p.s At work they all think i work for Macromedia because i keep raving about the product range ..and now they are looking to buy some units of various software...so MM you owe me! hehe -- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.mossyblog.com On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:53:29 +1100, Gavin Cooney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 1) How many people really have fp6+? Most estimates are less than 50% > > > (unless you're macromedia)... flash player 5 has a much larger penitration > > > > I think the Macromedia (independant research firm) figures are pretty > > accurate. I don't know of any other studies that can claim as big or as > > thorough a sample. For those conspiracy theorists out there, I can tell > > you that Macromedia doesn't have a document on an internal file server > > called "The real flash player penetration stats" that it distributes to > > staff. FP6 is around 96%. > > I have a flash 7 app with tens of thousands of users. Every user is > logged, so i can see repeat visitors etc. I also know if they have > flash 7 installed or not. From my fairly large sample, the figures for > flash 7 quoted on the MM website are about right... perhaps maybe even > conservative. > > http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/flashplayer/version_penetration.html > > It's easy enough to convince users to upgrade if your ap is good enough. > > Just my 2c > > Gav > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
