An old dutch saying : Prices can only go down... Laszo/BackBase time??
Lucian Beebe wrote: > There has been a lot of speculation about price changes for Flex. > Let's set > the record straight. As of April 1, we are adjusting the price of Flex. > There are now three different packages for Flex going forward. For most > people, the starter kit will provide everything you need for your Flex > applications: 4 CPUs and Gold Support for $29,000. That's actually cheaper > than Flex was in the past for 4 CPUs + Gold Support. For the larger Flex > applications out there, we will sell per CPU at $15,000 per CPU. Finally, > for software vendors who want to embed Flex in their applications, we have > special pricing built around your requirements and your market. > However, and > this is important, where you see value in Flex, we are interested in > working > with you to design the right packaging for your needs. If you are > interested > in using Flex on a real project, let us know so we can work with you and > find the right packaging/pricing to fit your needs. > > In response to some of your comments, over time, we are very interested in > offering additional licensing options to broaden the range of projects and > developers who can leverage Flex technology. We follow the market very > closely, and pay great attention to your constructive feedback. We > all have > a stake in the success of this marketplace. > > Why are we changing the price of Flex? > > We have been building, selling, and supporting Flex for a year now. The > marketplace for rich Internet applications is really taking off. > Hundreds of > applications are being delivered all over the world, and the general > interest level is really growing out there. > > Within this overall marketplace, there are a variety of customer segments > and project types with varying requirements. Large enterprise > customers and > systems integration partners require substantial pre-sales engagement and > ongoing assistance from Macromedia commensurate with the value that they > intend to derive from the software. Small and medium size customers and > individual developers require low up front costs to get started fast and > operate within very limited IT budgets. > > It is important to have great offerings for each type of user. There is no > "one size fits all" approach that both makes everyone successful and is > sustainable over the long term. A stratified approach makes the most > sense, > and that's what we're gradually implementing. We've adjusted our core > product pricing to better reflect both the value derived and the costs > involved in driving successful projects within large enterprise customers. > We've also created a starter package that combines deeply discounted Flex > licenses with high quality support designed to address the needs of large > customers doing pilot projects or medium size customers doing full > deployments. > > Please talk to us if you have special needs. We will continue to work > directly with enterprise customers doing larger deployments or who desire > Enterprise Licensing Agreements. We also have specialized offerings > for ISVs > delivering packaged software solutions based on Flex. If you have a > project > specifically suited to Flex but need different packaging, please contact > your Macromedia sales rep to discuss your project and the pricing options > that meet your needs. If you see real value in Flex, there is probably a > way to make it work. > > Lucian Beebe > Flex product manager > Macromedia > > *Yahoo! Groups Sponsor* > ADVERTISEMENT > click here > <http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=129j2ujdc/M=298184.6018725.7038619.3001176/D=groups/S=1705007207:HM/EXP=1112230157/A=2593423/R=0/SIG=11el9gslf/*http://www.netflix.com/Default?mqso=60190075> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *Yahoo! Groups Links* > > * To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
