I will not name names, but I have been told this by MM people and
others close to MM... so yes, I do believe what i have said.


On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:59:40 -0600, Black, Stephen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "The reason for the price tag is who the target audience of Flex is."
> Tell me you really don't believe that.  Why is BEA shaking in their
> boots b/c of JBoss?
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Clint Tredway
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:56 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Out on Flex and that's depressingly final!
> 
> The reason for the price tag is who the target audience of Flex is.
> The Enterprise Market. That market typically will not bat an eye at
> 12K for server software.
> 
> 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
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