RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 08:24:29 -0700

Many times companies have a portfolio of apps that are sold to their clients. Due to some usability things, if you have a client that likes Flex interfaces or accepted an application written in Flex because it looks cool or is just different... going back to straight HTML/JSP/ASP app will be a though sell... So that's why many times even if Flex is not the best solution, cost wise, you have to stick with it in case you want to keep the client happy... It's a though situation and because of the higher costs of software, the end product is becoming more expensive and implicit hard to sell.... So one one part, the client seems happy with the app but he cannot climb the cost barrier... and you get the "No, thank you" message....
 
I think that is a matter of time for people to realize that accepting Flex adds a some significant costs to the existing architecture. In case you manage to sell the product than you're happy, but it depends for how long you can do that, when management first move all the time is cut the IT costs.... I recommend you the book "World is flat"  - for anyone that still believe that IT cost is not a problem....
 
 
Valy

Jeff Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

It also depends upon the type of information in the RIA that your team builds.  For example, if you are spending a ton of money for a 3-5 tier setup where everything is load balanced, but the app is only going to be used a few thousand times a week, you are probably not going to be saving that much.   If you are building an application where you can show that seconds saved off of a single transaction saves the company hundreds of thousands of dollars a day you can probably get away with a bit more – probably.

 

Just one of those things where a company may not be wiling to spend $10 to save $1000.

 

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Bullotta
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 7:27 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

 

You would have a hard time convincing me that, if there are application development benefits and “sunk costs” in development, that (after discounts) $60-125K is an issue…

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anthony Merryfield
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 10:26 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

 

Just because a company is worth multiples of billions doesn't mean that the money is tied up in IT...

 

 

T.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Rick Bullotta
Sent: 19 July 2005 15:21
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

Your multibillion dollar company is hedging on $120K-$225K???  And don’t you have a purchasing organization that can negotiate a volume price?

I find that hard to believe…

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Bezuidenhout
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 10:05 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: If I buy a flex license can I host other peoples apps on the license?

 

On a slightly different note.

I can tell you that in our multibillion dollar organization Flex is
most likely about to be thrown out.  We were going to buy something
like 8 or 14 additional licenses to the multitude we already have, and
the pricing is just totally ridiculous for what we need it for.

Management is ready to cut their losses and redevelop with something
non-proprietary and we (the ones that really wanted Flex) have egg on
our faces.

I think we have come to the point where MM has priced Flex totally out
of the market.

Jonathan



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