At 03:48 PM 6/11/2004, you wrote: >Alex, > >We're getting OT here, but I wanted to say this... > >My experience so far in developing Flex is that, despite the cost, the >savings in development time are very, very significant. I've built Flash >RIAs from scratch, and spent hundreds of hours having to develop >solutions for various aspects that are now included in Flex and are done >in a very thorough way. They may not have thought of everything, but >they have thought of an awful lot. I can't think of any other approach >which would deliver application-focused RIAs faster.
This is true, but for many shops that are pure HTML like us, it's tough bringing the $6K tag to management, despite the purported ROI. There are a significant number of shops out there that have yet to build RIAs because they employ server-side developers with little or no Flash experience. Remoting is (IMHO) a waste, and Flex represents the only real platform (yet) for justifying the RIA route. The $6K per processor is a HUGE barrier for getting a new product in the door. When you look at all of the functionality built into CFMX, you could make the same claim and charge $3000 per CPU. MM doesn't do this because they can barely get people to buy CF now. With BlueDragon giving a CFMX standalone equivalent away, it'll only be a matter of time before a viable alternative to Flex hits the market for much cheaper (look at Laszlo now..) and MM will be scrambling. My guess is that the business plan calls for the early Flex 1.0 adopters to pay the huge $$$ and subsidize the eventual lower cost of the product. Keep in mind that MM (and Allaire) failed with both "enterprise" level products they've offered. Spectra and Generator are history and they hit the market with the same high price tag under the guise of "High ROI" and faster development costs. My $.02 -- Alex ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' in the message of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
