I believe it is public knowledge that Flex 3 will be released by the end of the year. That makes me think that Adobe believes they will have enough 'new features' to rationalize a version release, as opposed to a point release.
At 09:55 PM 5/13/2007, barry.beattie wrote: >well, I suppose I'm really asking if it's truly going to be a new full >version. > > From reading between the lines on the blogging of Ted's Flex360 >keynote, it sounds more like it'll be a point release, not a new >version (excepting new closed-source components, and I wonder what the >"data integration" will be? RDS is already there). > >we're a Java/JSP/CF shop here so we're all well versed in Eclipse and >what goes into building plug-ins (including the boss) - it ain't >rocket science, to be perfectly honest. it's just that FB2 is better >than nothing (or notepad). > >for us the licences aren't *really* needed now. It's more profile >raising and having the tools on tap to say "hey, we've got >FlexBuilder, lets whip this thing up as a SWF instead..." - the more >of that, the more Flex becomes "core" around here. > >we're non-U.S customers so we pay the off-shore premium, not $750. and >I really don't want to loose face with the boss with 2 full versions >in under 6 months. If we get FB2, then find that there's a new FB3 >soon after (as opposed to a free or cheap upgrade), they won't rush >for the upgrade and we'll be stuck with FB2 for far too long before >they commit again - especially for something that isn't "core" > >See where I'm coming from? > >thanx >b -- Jeffry Houser, Technical Entrepreneur, Software Developer, Author, Recording Engineer AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My Company: <http://www.dot-com-it.com> My Podcast: <http://www.theflexshow.com> My Blog: <http://www.jeffryhouser.com>
