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 > > -- > My Blog > http://www.clinttredway.com > > Are you diabetic? > http://www.diabetesforums.com > ---------------------------------------------------------- > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > To subscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > To subscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > -- My Blog http://www.clinttredway.com Are you diabetic? http://www.diabetesforums.com ---------------------------------------------------------- To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm To subscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm
