Sorry, I should have pointed this out in my original email to avoid confusion.
Adobe has a policy on CF licenses, wherein they will continue to provide purchase option for the "last" version on the Adobe website. Adobe sales (phone) does not support this sale, only the website. However, once the newest version of CF (whatever comes after CF9) comes out, the link for CF8 will disappear from the site. Brendan On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:54 AM, Paul Andrews <p...@ipauland.com> 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 >> >> >> > > > > > >
