Check out this article:

http://www.lukew.com/resources/WebApplicationSolutions.pdf

If you search long enough you'll find some slides from a presentation 
some guy did which I wish I bookmarked which talks about all the 
offerings and their strengths and weaknesses (it's fairly neutral).



Anupam wrote:

>Tariq,
>  Thanks for the long list of alternatives. Some of them actually look 
> promising. Which one in
>your view comes closest to the gizzmos provided by Flex?
>
>  My point is, I didn't see this group talk about alternatives. One way to put 
> pressure on MM is
>to support an open source/3rd party version that is equivalent in 
>functionality. I am not
>necessarily looking for a branded product, I just want to get the job done.
>
>Anupam.
>
> 
>
>--- Tariq Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Yo. Well as mentioned there was HUGE sticker shock when MM doubled the 
>>price, and a lot of complaining. But MM is aiming at large Enterprises 
>>that can afford it. Similarly you can complain to Ferrari to drop the 
>>prices of their cars... but if you wanna role with the high end you 
>>gotta shell out the dough.
>>
>>There is a slew of alternatives out there too (Droplets, 
>>Xamalon/XAML/Sparkle, Laszlo, JSF, XUI, XUL based stuff, SwixML, 
>>Thinlets, XSWT,Luxor,Keystone,Jazilla,Vexi,Ajax,etc....). As a consumer 
>>of course I want cheaper prices, and hopefully stiff competion will 
>>pressure MM to drop the price of Flex. And hopefully with the next 
>>version of Flex we'll see some FLEXible pricing options (eg serverless 
>>solution via Zorn, etc...). <fingers crossed>
>>
>>
>>    
>>




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