Re: [flexcoders] about the Flex name...

2005-10-26 Thread John C. Bland II
lol. I thought it was funny after reading your post then looking into Gmails sponsored links section and not seeing anything about Macromedia Flex under sponsored or related links. :-) (at least something MM came up) Sponsored Links Macromedia Flash Files100% Free Flash Files and Training Lesson

Re: [flexcoders] about the Flex name...

2005-10-25 Thread Aldo Bucchi
i like it. sounds good. period. and the fact that it is a common name only makes the challenge bigger... and flex will live up to it!!! honestly ( PS. macromedia, I'll go pick up the check tomorrow at noon ) On 10/26/05, Manish Jethani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/21/05, Tariq Ahmed

Re: [flexcoders] about the Flex name...

2005-10-25 Thread Manish Jethani
On 10/21/05, Tariq Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > there's a GNU project called Flex That Flex is extremely cool (there's also JFlex (Java)), and I used to get resumes of people applying for a job at MM because they thought it was about GNU Flex. :) Yahoo! Groups Spo

Re: [flexcoders] about the Flex name...

2005-10-22 Thread John Dowdell
Tariq Ahmed wrote: > But one suggestion I have for Macromedia, is the next product you come out > with come up with a distinct name - it makes searching for the topic easier. > Eg Coldfusion works fairly well because there are a lot of pages related to > Macromedia Coldfusion, versus the rare topic

re: [flexcoders] about the Flex name...

2005-10-22 Thread Torben Nielsen
I asume that Macromedia had their reasons when they selected the name Flex. I can think of a couple of reasons: - Flex as Flash begins with the letters "Fl". This creates a connection between the two products, from a marketing point of view since also the logo is similar. - With the name Flex I

Re: [flexcoders] about the Flex name...

2005-10-22 Thread Peter Elst
Flex has been around longer than Flex Builder 2 and the Flex Enterprise Services and the product name those have a firm basis (be it with a limited target audience until recently) --  what I find more confusing is the internal name changes Flex Builder (dreamweaver-like IDE to Eclipse plugin), F

[flexcoders] about the Flex name...

2005-10-21 Thread Tariq Ahmed
One of the things that pops up into the vast emptiness of my mind now and then is the naming of the Flex product. I know there is obviously a lot of marketing value already invested in the name, as well as mindshare.   But one suggestion I have for Macromedia, is the next product you c