RE: [flexcoders] Gartner's Take on Rich Internet Applications

[Stacy Young]

Title: Gartner’s Take on Rich Internet Technology

I’ve gone quite deep on Nexaweb technologies…(late last year). I believe it has its place…particularly where heavy client processing and performance is required. I believe that to be a much smaller market than what Flex is addressing.   Another key point was front end development...Involving designers at any stage appeared to be infinitely more complex. You’re not all that shielded from the complexities of the architecture.   Cheers, Stace   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tolulope Olonade Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 9:17 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Gartner's Take on Rich Internet Applications     Oh I see.   That’s a very blurry line created by the broadcast just like you said. Especially with the topic “Gartners take on RIA J” When I saw sample screen shots of Nexaweb applications I was not in the least impressed as when I saw flex applications.   Thanks for shedding more light David.   Regards From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of David Mendels Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 1:27 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Gartner's Take on Rich Internet Applications   Hi,   Gartner did not select Nexaweb over Flex.  Gartner has not done such a report.  I have met many times with Gartner and they are quite excited about Flex....I am confident that when and if they do their trademark Gartner Magic Quadrent for this category we will be in a very strong position.  Gartner did do a recent report on RIA.  It was very much informed by Macromedia's perspective, but it was vendor neutral and did not rate or rank any specific vendors in the space--it spoke at a higher level about the category.  I have no idea what they think of Nexaweb because as far as I know they have never published a report with such information.   To help you parse what you are seeing in this invitation, the way this typically works, this is a commercial seminar by Nexaweb where they have paid Gartner to speak to the topic of RIA.  I expect in this Gartner will cover the key points of their recent paper.  I haven't seen it specifically and I don't work for Nexaweb or Gartner, but I do know how these things typically work (Macromedia also has hired analyst firms such as Gartner to speak at seminars).  Gartner is actually a solid firm (I would not say this about the industry analyst catagory in general) I would be very surprised if they are specifically endorsing a vendor here in the content they present or if they are changing their views based on being paid by a vendor.  However, what they do allow is to be used as an industry expert by a vendor.  This creates a blurry line in my mind where it can appear that they are specifically endorsing that vendor over another, when in reality they are simply providing industry expertise within a forum.   -David Macromedia   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tolulope Olonade Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 4:12 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Gartner's Take on Rich Internet Applications Whats all the hype about NEXAWEB.? Has anybody seen solutions implemented using the tech? How does it stack against FLEX? Why did Gartner select over Flex? Can somebody shed more light ?   From: Nexaweb Technologies, Inc. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 7:24 PM To: Tolulope Olonade Subject: Gartner's Take on Rich Internet Applications   You are receiving this invitation because you have shown interest in Nexaweb products or technology. If you do not wish to receive future invitations to Nexaweb Webinars, click here: [EMAIL PROTECTED]. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Computer software testing Macromedia flex Development Software developer     -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Computer software testing Macromedia flex Development Software developer     -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.