I did something very similar to this--they were asking for functionality in applications that would be extremely difficult and/or impossible to provide with DHTML, so I built up a couple of demos in Flex and said, "What do you think about this?" They were so into it that the price tag only phased them a little bit.
Now if only they'll quit dumping annoying grunt work on my plate and let me actually USE Flex ... ;-) Matt On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:12:46 -0600, John Ivanoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > from MossyBlog. > > How I sold my boss on FLEX. > http://tinyurl.com/68tmq > > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 08:29:32 -0600, Ken Ferguson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > 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
