We don't use FDS. There are many alternatives like WebORB, OpenAMF, Red5, AMFPHP, Fluorine.
http://www.themidnightcoders.com/weborb/ http://osflash.org/projects And of course Flex supports Web Services, XML over HTTP, XMLSocket, binary Socket, and other communication mechanisms. In our projects we use Fluorine (AMF over HTTP and AMF over binary socket). HTH, Sam ------------------------------------------- We're Hiring! Seeking a passionate developer to join our team building Flex based products. Position is in the Washington D.C. metro area. If interested contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- In [email protected], "johnypboyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm having a real tough time justifying the licensing costs of FDS. I > know it's free for single CPU, but the big jump (10k/cpu) for a > multi-cpu license effectively kills this for me. > > I'm curious about: > 1) How other folks have got around this? > 2) Or do you just not use FDS mostly? > 3) Or any other cheaper alternatives? > > thanx > -jb >
