Sam,
I found this on Ben Forta's site. I understand what he's
saying. I'm beginning to get what he's saying, but I'm still
puzzled. What does FDS Express, or the Enterprise version, for that
matter, offer to me. Based on his article I have no need for FDS,
as the only thing that it appears to have extra is the "push"
technology.
In the end, without all the new bells and whistles, it is a
different way to do RIA's than with the CF and Flash combo. I have
some hard thinking to do on if it's worth the money just to speed
up RIA construction time.
We also purchased a 2 CPU Server to take advantage of CF
Licensing. This has been a letdown. For me to use the sweet new
stuff (Push) I'd need to plunk down another $12,000. It's a sell
that I don't know if I can make. It would have been nice if they
had even offered a reduced fee license for those of us with a
registered CF Server.
I'm not down on Flex per se. I think that the technology is
pretty sweet and it's fun to play with. Apps look great. It's just
that all of the "hype" about cost this has come as a surprise.
http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm?mode=cat&catid=A61B605B-3048-80A9-EF9F275818CBF7CC&startRow=26