I personally wouldn't be surprised if the price comes down quite a bit in the next few years. This is a relatively new area and early adopters tend to foot the bill for development of new technologies. When Longhorn comes out and RIAs become more the standard than the exception, I would predict they'd have to lower the price to compete. Just a guess!
Matt On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:27:08 -0600, Ken Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did read that and several others and I came to the conclusion that I > would actually rather use Flex for any number of reasons. However, those > reasons just don't add up to $12K and even if they did -- I can't buy > it. My company (not talking about my day job, mind you) is a small > company hoping to be big some day. I'd love to be all MM -- CF, Flex, > the works, but I can't. I'm just happy that Laszlo is out there so I'm > not entirely left out!!! My whole point is that while I'm sure it will > work just fine, I'm upset at MM that I can't use Flex. > > Also, I'm sure MM did their homework and knows a hell of a lot more > about it than I do, but it seems like you could sell Flex for much > cheaper and still make an absolute killing. Let's say the price was $4K. > Imagine how many companies that can't (or just won't) buy it at $12K, > could/would at $4K and you'd still be able to sell it to all of those > companies that would have bought it at $12K. Obviously, there's some > level below which this model falls apart and you begin to lose money in > comparison. It seems to me though, in my most humble of opinion, that > the price is just too high for what they're selling. > > I think I'm just a little bitter about it is all. > > --Ferg > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Matt Woodward > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 11:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Out on Flex and that's depressingly final! > > I wouldn't say you're making a *wrong* choice with Laszlo by any > means. It's a great product and if you looked at both very carefully > and didn't see the advantage with Flex as compared to the price tag, > then I'm sure you'll do very cool stuff with Laszlo. The guys at > iteration::two compared Flex to Laszlo on their blog; do a google and > you may find some insights on the issue. > > On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:56:12 -0600, Clint Tredway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > The reason for the price tag is who the target audience of Flex is. > > The Enterprise Market. That market typically will not bat an eye at > > 12K for server software. > > > > On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:49:44 -0600, Ken Ferguson > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well, I'm very unhappy, but I think I'm finally finished with all of > my > > > research on what direction I'll be taking as I really start to > concentrate > > > on RIA development. It has, by no means, been a fair and unbiased > study. > > > I've tried and tried to justify going with Flex, but despite my best > > > efforts, in the end I have failed to do it. I'll be using the Laszlo > > > Presentation Server and it is almost entirely due to cost. $12K is > > > absolutely ridiculous - absolutely and completely. I'm upset with > Macromedia > > > about the whole issue. This is a relatively new area, into which I > believe > > > they should be doing all they can to drag developers and businesses. > I think > > > they're going about it all wrong. At half of the price, I'd still be > on the > > > bubble to justify it, but I'd probably be able to do it. > > > > > > > > > > > > Now that I've gotten that out of the way, who has some good Laszlo > > > experience to share? Any of you guys using it? Anybody had any > troubles or > > > had to overcome any serious obstacles? Has anyone had any really > > > ground-breaking success using it with CF? I'm about to break down > the sample > > > Dashboard application and build it all out for my own use. Has > anyone else > > > gone at that one yet? > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd appreciate any information or advice anybody has to offer and > I'm also > > > open to hearing any of you Flex guys tell me why I'm wrong! > > > > > > > > > > > > --Ferg > > > > -- > > My Blog > > http://www.clinttredway.com > > > > Are you diabetic? > > http://www.diabetesforums.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > To post, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe: > > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > > To subscribe: > > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > > > > > -- > Matt Woodward > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.mattwoodward.com > ---------------------------------------------------------- > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > To subscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > To subscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > -- Matt Woodward [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattwoodward.com ---------------------------------------------------------- To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm To subscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm
