I've played around in both, and in truth, FLEX by far seems the more "suitable" pick. I guess Microsoft in many ways learnt a lot about .NET and Browser-ware applications. It probably didn't really occur to them until late in the piece that folks would prefer to have remote applications that are accessible world-wide.
The language base is one thing if it takes too long to code then it could also be a bitter pill to swallow, none the less if we based technology on coding capabilities alone, then coldfusion should have the entire market wrapped up in a nice neat bow, as its CFML is by far less verbose then some of its competiting languages. I think what will either make or break Longhorn is its user development uptake, what I mean by that is we "FLEX" devs could have the superior technoloy, but in the end we are still a relatively small breed of people. I get countless MSN's, Skype msgs, emails etc all asking "Scott, whats your thoughts on Laszlo" or insert other technology here. I give my opinion, and then ask why not flex? typical response. Price. Won't debate the merits of the price tag, but essentially if people on the street do think in that way and Longhorn offers a cheaper alternative (ie excluding the Visual IDE tools) then people power may win the battle, despite the technology benchmarks. I'm sceptical in truth of it getting much initial traction, and if Flash Player continues to gian in performance, it could very well rival the traditional "thickware" applications. Who knows what FLEX 2.0 will bring to the table, i mean it could go up in price? how will we all handle that? or it could decrease in price and centre itself around bundled packaging. No idea on whats real and just simply "what if" point is until I see the end result of FLEX 2.0 or FLEX 2.5/3.0 I think its way too premature to speculate on Longhorn vs FLEX. As for Jesse's comment, Macromedia isn't deaf. They do listen, and well (even though we the customer may not agree on direction at times, they still listen to us the customer) On 7/20/05, JesterXL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, there is tons of people putting 95+ million dollars a year in MM's > pockets for Flash, and fixin' to put more for Flash Lite all collectively > screaming for Flex' capabilities. There are many smaller software shops > that share the same sentiments, only don't take it as personally as I do and > others of my ilk do. Macromedia isn't deaf; they'll listen and most likely > act. > > By the time Longhorn is out, we'll make it look stupid. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jwc_wensan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 4:07 PM > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Longhorn Impact > > > Jester: > > I didn't mean how Flex could run on or with Longhorn, but rather > from the development side with .NET and other development platforms > that work with Longhorn/Avalon. > > And don't have the same high server cost. > > By pricing, I meant do you think with the release of Longhorn that > MM might lower their license price. > > Thanks, > > Jack > > > --- In [email protected], "JesterXL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Straigh bangin' thread!!! > > > > XAML is an XML definition that is very low level and no one in > their right > > mind will hand code. Therefore, there will be good editors to > write that > > for you. Catch that? An editor to write XMAL for you. > > > > XML is... what? XML. > > > > MXML is... what? XML. > > > > Compiling Flex apps to run in Avalon instead of SWF is awesome... > but, I'd > > put my dough (whatever I can scrounge away from the IRS) on > Macromedia's > > ability to capitalize on Longhorns features, thus, I'd rather have > Flex > > output the XAML that is a SWF hybrid; meaning, something like > Central that > > is desktop orientated, like Microsoft's SmartClient, and utilizes > the best > > of both worlds. > > > > If only I could accelerate time... or help Microsoft find their > arse... > > > > As far as pricing, no clue what your talking about; elaborate. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "jwc_wensan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 3:38 PM > > Subject: [flexcoders] Longhorn Impact > > > > > > To All: > > > > Just interested to hear your opinions. > > > > Regardless of when Microsoft's Longhorn ships, either mid/late 2006 > > or even 2007, what are your thoughts on its impact to the RIA > > development area? > > > > Will it force MM's hand on pricing? > > > > Other thoughts? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jack > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders% > 40yahoogroups.com > > Yahoo! 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