FDS Hosting?

[SamSwenson]

Is there anything in the licensing agreement for Flex Data
Services (or any version of it) that would prevent someone from
hosting Flex Data Services for other RIA developers?

[SamSwenson]

Hi update on info regarding this from the sales associate
that contacted me:



He stated that if we were interested in hosting FDS (similar
to how people are hosting Flex Media Server) that the cost would be
exponentially larger than just the Enterprise pricing per CPU.



This caught me off guard. Is it true that based on my usage,
Adobe wants to try and raise the price just because I want to take
advantage of the unlimited concurrent user capabilities that I am
paying $20,000 for?



Does the FDS EULA say anything about buying FDS Enterprise
and then hosting it for those who may have needs somewhere between
100 and unlimited concurrent users (which I think is quite a
considerable jump). My company's RIA's have the "potential" to max
out 100 concurrent users... hopefully. But in the meantime, until
that happens, I wouldn't mind hosting FDS to try and cover some of
the cost of purchasing it and offering the slack in usage to other
developers.



Anybody got any idea on whether this is accurate? Is the
pricing solid? Or is it negotiable; based on my intended use, Adobe
may try to charge me more than someone else for the same
product?

[sanclementetech]

I just use my current host who supports java servlet hosting,
www.dailyrazor.com. I just upload the jar files to the server and
away I go.

[SamSwenson]

Thanks ofr the reply. However, I am wondering not about
finding a host where I can put FDS.



But can I actually "host" FDS services for other developers
to access without compromising the EULA.

[sanclementetech]

First, I am not a lawyer. But if it were me, I would as long
as there is a different domain and account associated with it, then
why not? The problem is that the FDS Express is limited to one
application. Other than that I am not sure how it works. I would
suggest talking with Adobe about a partnership and a VLA.

[SamSwenson · Accepted solution]

Hi. Here's an update:



Chris English (very helpful Adobe sales rep) put me in touch
with Steve Chernoff (Adobe software engineer) to answer some
questions we had.



In addition to it being a very positive and informative
conversation, he brought up a good point; because FDS is not simply
a bit pusher (like FMS which is being hosted by some companies) it
would be very difficult to offer all of the elements that would be
necessary to host "just" FDS. And typically, Flex developers want
to retain control over all of the elements of their RIA development
and keep them in-house.



In short, he said it is not something that they are currently
planning on offering as a host-able product.



Thanks for the help Chris & Steve.