Hi all,
Given QTP's cost without any Adobe involvement it struck us that most customers who wanted to use the QTP plugin would probably be enterprises who would also be interested in FDS. We've been pleasantly surprised to see the interest from folks who seem to be able to afford QTP but can't afford an FDS license :-) We are beginning to investigate what options we might be able to come up with, but the FDS license requirement will continue in the near-term. If you need a trial license you can contact me off-list, but you must be willing to accept future sales contact :-) Matt ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tariq Ahmed Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: QTP plug in requires FDS?! That's crazy Man, I've been so busy with work I'm struggling to stay connected with the rest of the world, but my eye caught this subject as it's been something we've been holding off on QA Automation for 1.5yrs now in lieu of this ability... I have to second Lance's dismay. QTP costs an arm and a leg. There's no way I'm going to be able to convince the customer to dump $10K on QTP (when there are better QA automation tools out there such as Seapine's QA Wizard), and then even more dough on FDS? I know FDS being required wasn't done for the hell of it, but architecturally it should have been an option that provides extra benefits, not a requirement. I just want to be able to simulate a user going through various use test cases, and being able to report on if the interface functioned as expected. The Flex client communicates with whatever it communicates with on the backend like normal, and QTP is just a desktop tool... so I'm not even sure where FDS even comes into play. Maybe I'm overreacting and perhaps don't have the full details, but for those who know me, I'm Flex's biggest fan. It feels like the Flex management/marketing team's nature is to assume that most companies are mega enterprises with monster budgets. In the land of Flex, any new feature/function/ability you still have to assume you need to throw huge amts of money at it, and low cost/feasible solutions seem to be more of a "surprise" bonus still. I'm sure Adobe is like...there he goes again, Tariq and his typical shenanigans is causing grief! :) But I got to stick up for the little guy too! Lance Linder wrote: You've got to be kidding. As if Quick Test Pro is not expensive enough and now we need to add a FDS serial on top even if we are not using the rest of FDS. :'( I really wish there was a way to just license the qtp plugin without FDS kind of like the Charting components without Flex Builder. I was really hoping at evaluating this as soon but if this is true then I probably never will. Lance From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of João Fernandes Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 2:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Re: QTP plug in? The docs say that you'll need a valid FDS serial number, can be departmental or enterprise version. João Fernandes From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
