I was very upset, as are most of about a missed opportunity.
But the market will decide
yes, the market will decide
Dick
On Mar 29, 2004, at 7:15 PM, Dick Applebaum wrote:
> Danielle
>
> I agree with most (if not all) of what you say.
>
> RIAs... yes
>
> Flex (half a job well done) --- yeah, in theory!
>
> But a separate, very expensive, server to do half a job --- why,
> little
> potential gain (IMO) and big potential loss (also IMO)
>
> if MACR sells 1.000 or even 10.000 Flex license they will be
> distracted
> and lose the war (IMO)
>
> Dick
>
> On Mar 29, 2004, at 6:01 PM, Danielle Romain wrote:
>
> > If Macromedia sees the Internet's future in RIAs (a point to which I
> > agree, BTW), how does a $12000 product enable that future?
> >
> > Flex succeeds because it bring the positives of Flash of a content
> > delivery standpoint while freeing developers of the Flash IDE, which
> > some find very intimidating.
> >
> > In the next generation of Internet applications, it is going to be
> > tough to discern between a web app and a traditional desktop
> > application. This is the same motivation, I think, behind
> Microsoft's
> > XAML, due out with Longhorn. Given the delays in Longhorn, its deep
> > Flash development base and legions of ColdFusion developers, MM has
> > roughly 1 year to grab market and mindshare. While I'm sure the
> > niche, enterprise market is lucrative, I think there is enough
> > enthusiasm among the poorer folk to have driven some impressive
> sales
> > volume in this product.
> >
> > It just seems like is overlooking a opportunity to build a
> tremendous
> > technology advantage, catching Microsoft on its backfoot.
> >
>
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