Great ;) Makes you wonder why Adobe Licensing never mentioned it though...
Dave. On 17 Aug 2011, at 12:54, Paul Andrews wrote: > On 17/08/2011 11:41, Dave Cates wrote: > >> Hey, >> >> Am I missing something or does this page not provide what you need? (a >> Coldfusion 8 license?) >> >> http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/coldfusion8/buy/ > > Looks like there isn't a problem after all. > >> >> Dave. >> >> On 17 Aug 2011, at 10:52, Paul Andrews wrote: >> >>> >>> On 17/08/2011 10:37, Brendan Meutzner wrote: >>> >>>> Paul, >>>> >>>> Thanks for the response. As far as having many licenses involved, yes, >>>> potentially. However, we're just beginning the sales process, and right >>>> now wouldn't be able to buy a chunk of licenses... it's really a situation >>>> when we sell the software, we need a license. >>>> >>>> I did actually speak to enterprise licensing, and didn't get much help >>>> there either. They actually pointed me towards outside sales partners, to >>>> which I've gotten no response. >>> >>> That's a pity. Seems a little short-sighted of Adobe - I guess they're >>> making enough as it is. I think many companies would take into account your >>> situation and see it as a route towards future upgrades. The reverse side >>> of the coin, I guess, is the product lifetime. There is an expectation of >>> ongoing support when a product is bought so I guess in the bigger picture, >>> that involves a cost to adobe by not being able to retire product for >>> support quite so soon in the future. >>> >>> All pointless speculation on my part. Pity there's not a reseller with old >>> boxed product on the shelves. >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Brendan >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 1:48 AM, Paul Andrews <p...@ipauland.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 17/08/2011 09:23, Brendan Meutzner wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> Was wondering if anyone had insight into the possibility of purchasing >>>>> previous versions of Adobe product licenses. I know this is a bit off >>>>> topic, but Adobe sales (phone >>>>> line) is telling me they have no way to do it, and I just can't believe >>>>> that. I'm hoping someone within the forum has possibility come up >>>>> against this before and might have some advice. We've got a product >>>>> based on Flex using ColdFusion 8 with the LCDS ES license included and >>>>> moving to CF9 and the associated $30k license just isn't feasible. I >>>>> know that BlazeDS is an option, but the work involved in refactoring the >>>>> code to use BlazeDS looks daunting. We're already using CF on the >>>>> backend, and we just want to keep purchasing CF 8 licences for this. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance for any help/advice, >>>>> >>>> >>>> Sounds like you have many licences involved. If so you might want to get >>>> hold of an Adobe rep that deals with corporate clients. They are far more >>>> likely to have latitude to cut a deal. >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Brendan >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > > >
