Hi Tim, I'm still struggling with Flex vs. Laszlo. Laszlo poses no licensing problems and long term costs are predictable. Furthermore it offers a deployment scenario that does not require Flash( I'm not sure how much this feature weighs in its favor ). From a Java perspective Laszlo still does appear more attractive. Whether the Laszlo community evolves into a scene with rich offerings I feel is dependent on the actions of Adobe. Right now Adobe has its hands full as they appear to be taking a swipe at Microsoft. This one could maim Microsoft permanently. If they win this battle, Adobe stock valuation will expand significantly.
Naturally, in this situation Microsoft would offer indirect support of Laszlo, but being that it is based in Java this would be a difficult move for them. http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3633501 In your professional opinion, which platform offers more for ~20K budget? ~50K? ~100K? Thanks, Josh Zeidner --- "Tim Colson (tcolson)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Josh wrote: > > I'm considering using Flex for a project. What > are the > > terms of this 'free Single CPU' license? If its > free why > > don't I just get another free one for another CPU? > > My understanding of the license is that you can run > one App on one > machine with One CPU. It forbids running the same > app on many machines > (ex. kiosks or clustered). > > Actually...that's not quite the full story. > > You *can* run the same app on a cluster/kiosk...if > it does *not* use the > Flex Express Data Services component. If you just > have a Flex/Flash file > that's connectig to basic HTTP-based web services... > you can run it with > as much load as you wish. > > Flex Data Services Express is the server component > that provides > declarative security, a binary RMI with auto > marshalling/serializaing of > objects, auto-conversion between Java and > Actionscript objects, > proxy-whitelists, and more. > > I'm betting the assumption by Adobe is that folks > will try raw free Flex > and like it. Then they will try free FDSE and like > that more, and > eventually need to scale up and spend $20K/CPU for > the Enterprise > version. If that works or not...time will tell. > > Tim > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
