On Tuesday 05 May 2009, Gregor Kiddie wrote: > You have cheap developers ;)
You know where most of Adobe's developers are, right ? Plus, it's just Java grunt work, I naively assume :-) > Plus, the team isn't going to be 1 person for 5 years, say they have a > team of 20 on it (developers, testers, Project managers, user experience > experts, marketing, etc) averaging 35k each... 20 ! Remember the product is basically done - they have shipable installers and base functionality. I don't believe it is very much work to tidy up the majority of the bugs (with debugging, for instance). Now, adding new features (like design view) is harder work, obviously, but those features are already cross platform enough to run on Windows and Mac... Non-Pro Builder is what, 160 quid ? That's lacking, err... ADV and profiler ? The profiler and design view are all that's missing from Linux Builder as it stands. Of course, to get ADV you have to buy the pro. version, but there are other data visualisation options (some free), and Matt appears to be hinting at some sort of 'information on our plans' shortly. Even at 160 quid, the maths still says 160 thousand pounds, which should be enough to get the existing bugs fixed and the product shipping. It'll be a lot cheaper to support once it's code base is sync'ed (mostly ?) with the other two versions. -- Helping to efficiently cluster mission-critical B2B front-end holistic infrastructures as part of the IT team of the year, '09 and '08 Tom Chiverton Developer Tel: +44 0161 618 5032 Fax: +44 0161 618 5099 tom.chiver...@halliwells.com 3 Hardman Square, Manchester, M3 3EB www.Halliwells.com **************************************************** This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office together with a list of those non members who are referred to as partners. We use the word ?partner? to refer to a member of the LLP, or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.Halliwells.com.
