+1 for Tom Harris. Seems like software is the only industry where people expect free products. Since CF is presumably making us all money in one way or another it's only fair that Adobe should also make money on the product. Flex has huge potential to create a better end user experience, thus ultimately making us developers more money and so easily justifies the price tag.
I was amazed when I got into CF and found out the developer edition is free. Since I use shared hosting, CF is essentially free for me. I would gladly pay some kind of a subscription or up front fee to use developer edition if it was imposed and it seemed reasonable. To me the reason CF has been slow to catch on is not because it isn't free, but because of crusty C++ and Windows guys who think PHP or ASP is the greatest thing since sliced bread (my boss is one of those guys). Also some programmers (no one on this list obviously) tend to be stubborn and unwilling to learn new technologies. -- Josh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 11:28 AM Subject: RE: Flex 2 and Ben Forta > Regarding the anticipated pricing of FlexBuilder: What is it with all > you people who think everything should be free? Are cars and houses > free? Are bread and milk free? Do you work for free? If you think > everything should be free, then you need to stop billing your clients > for work, or stop accepting paychecks from your employer. Or maybe it's > that YOU get to charge money for YOUR services, but you shouldn't have > to pay anyone else for their services... is that it? Maybe some day, in > some bright and shining utopian wonderland, everything will be free. In > the meantime, do those of you who constantly bitch about everything > costing money know ANYTHING about BUSINESS at all? I cannot believe > that someone on this list actually said they think CF should be free! > > As far as FlexBuilder goes, I think $2000 would still be a bargain. > > As someone once said, "If you can't run with the big dogs, then stay on > the porch!" Or, if you can't afford to buy good tools, there are always > the free ones. But quit complaining that good tools cost money -- they > always have and they always will. > > I just needed to vent. The best to you all. > > Tom Harris > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:233974 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
