Don't forget Macromedia's "Generator". How much was that? Joe Kelly
----- Original Message ----- From: "Black, Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 11:57 AM Subject: RE: Out on Flex and that's depressingly final! > Well then don't believe them. Or have a healthy dose of doubt. Look at > other aspects of the industry, not just through MM glasses and see where > trends are going. I've heard MM say lines like that before. > > Why did Spectra die? A product they(MM/Allaire) marketed to "enterprise" > clients. Well to get it going you needed to spend around $12k in > software to get going. Not counting hardware. > > I'm not saying it(Flex) is not a good product, I'm not even saying that > there will not be some "enterprise" market players that will play in > that game. Companies simply don't throw $$$ around like what they did in > 1999, and what MM says now sounds much like what they said back then > about a product that is now extinct. > > S > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Clint Tredway > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 11:16 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Out on Flex and that's depressingly final! > > I will not name names, but I have been told this by MM people and > others close to MM... so yes, I do believe what i have said. > > > On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:59:40 -0600, Black, Stephen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "The reason for the price tag is who the target audience of Flex is." > > Tell me you really don't believe that. Why is BEA shaking in their > > boots b/c of JBoss? > > > > Steve > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Clint Tredway > > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:56 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Out on Flex and that's depressingly final! > > > > 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 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > 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 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > 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
