I still dont understand why the secrecy behind FLEX but anyway ;) heheh.. Flex price is going to increase, I knew previously it was going to happen but sat on my hands until someone else broke the code of silence on that little secret.... so no1 can say i can't keep a secret because that was a damn big one.
THAT BEING SAID. $15k per CPU now, and of course i think its the more copies you buy the lower the price threshhold. I had a chat to Mark about this, and I do agree partially in many ways that once your in the area of purchasing FLEX and in a company that can afford it, whether its 1 CPU or 10 CPU, its not the fighting issue - its been "how the hell can this work for us in a way thats not going to be a death sentence" I mean walk into any company today and go "yeah HTML, piss that off and go with this new product called FLEX...it works like HTML but is different as it gives you more controls/containers to work with plus it has some nice media based capabilities that can be done on the fly" - especially if they have an existing HTML based technology exists and works (while its slow in development). - Its got more power then simply "nice visual controls to play with". We just as of 10mins ago, bought our copy under the 1st April Deadline, ontop of that we are going to invest more money into buying Flash MX 2004 Pro copies, FLEX training for all staff bar me (because i'm a know all arrogant bastard) and also CFMX Advanced Training for all to make sure they can cope with using CFMX + FLEX combined. Rather big investment and we've yet to produce any real work with the product and won't for another 3-6 months - again Management were spooked and looked at me with this whole "boy, you better be oncheck with this dream you sold or by god, i'll hang you from the nearest flag pole". I'm working on a few flex applications now for work, plus building my own framework so i can provide cover fire while the others here regroup and formulate a training strategy so i'm investing my income into flex - even knowing that in months to come its highly likely i'll be asking for some more FLEX copy(s) (well ya gotta have a development server now don't ya). So when I say the price increase isn't that big of deal, I mean it in that regard as the bigger picture is much more pricey then whether or not i get 1 or 2 cpu's for the price - that or its 1-2k higher. We ended up choosing Daemon as our vendor for this outlay, mainly as the brains trust up above wanted a total package and all under one Purchase Order hehehe.... so they can burry it in one piece of paper vs many as then flags will be raised (hows this related etc) I still maintain FLEX price is too damn high regardless, and would prefer to be priced at least under 5k (capex hiding) as all i seem to be doing here is working out ways with my upper tier on how to hide it / while justifying it. If your a web agency and want FLEX, or make a web-based application thats sold to your own customer base then there are OEM versions, grant is rumoured to have gotten a sweet deal for FLEX so obviously Macromedia seem keen to take it on board - just don't expect it for free simply because you bought copies of CFMX. Its a luxury add-on pack and sux to be you if you aren't using it bwhahahahahahah..sorry i shouldn't poke fun......... :) Anywho price has pissed a few people off but time will tell if its going to backfire - and that whole spectra counter-argument is flawed in so many ways, spectra had its own world of pain and price aside. On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:26:19 +1000, grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So does that mean flex will go the same way as spectra? > Now that was an investment sinkhole. > G > > > but there's a nasty rumour that the price of FLEX is about to go through > > the roof. I've already come across a couple of people who will claim that > > this (even the rumour alone, perhaps) will kill any chances of getting FLEX > > on board. > > --- > 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/ > -- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.mossyblog.com http://www.flexcoder.com (Coming Soon) --- 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/
