Sure, no problem. I keep saying that I'd rather use Flex, but I don't want that to give anybody the impression that I'm not impressed with Laszlo. I'm learning a lot about it and I really like what all it has to offer. It's quite powerful and it has the added "benefit", (yes, I know that's an arguable point -- can't use AS2) that is plays down to the Flash 5 player.
Also, to your other point, Macromedia says that while the license is for 2 cpus the average Flex project should really be run with at least 6-8 cpus and you'll also need to double that, as you can't use the free license for your staging area either. So, it's not 12K for a real "Enterprise" setup, but more like $36K plus hardware for your production environment and at very least an extra $12K for your staging environment. Also, the development license is VERY limiting so if you're doing any real development like you would at an "Enterprise" level, you'll need an extra $12K to spend there too. Now we're up to a cool $60K to set things up the way MM recommends. --Ferg -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Hammond Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 8:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Out on Flex and that's depressingly final! I have the same reaction on Flex justification. Except I have not seen it for 12k. More like 12k and you have to buy 2 copies. Thanks for the tip on Laszio. I have not reviewed that one yet. 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 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
