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.
I'm working with a company now that is thinking about the RIA route. They have 2 clustered servers serving their site.
Based on what I understand you cannot buy a single processor license of flex, it must be on a dual processor machine.
The cost of the two Flex licenses (?Plus an additional development license?) would come close to paying for a full time Flash developer. Which would be better use of this companies money? I suspect the additional developer.
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