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January 31, 2006 12:16 PM PST
Adobe to release Flex beta
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Flex products, originally from Macromedia, are aimed at professional software developers who write Web applications that use the Flash presentation system.
The product line includes an integrated development environment based on the Eclipse software, as well as "frameworks," or prewritten code to speed application development. There is also a server component for corporate applications that tap into back-end systems.
The beta of Flex 2.0 is scheduled to be available for download on Wednesday from the Adobe Labs Web site, along with Adobe Flash Player 8.5. A final version of Flex 2.0 is due in the second quarter this year.
With the beta release, Adobe plans to unbundle the components of the Flex package and lower prices in an effort to encourage developers to use the software.
The company's goal is to increase the number of Flex developers from several thousand to a million, said Jeff Whatcott, senior director of product marketing at Adobe's enterprise and developer business unit.
Adobe is introducing a free, basic software developers kit that includes the Flex Framework, compiler and documentation. The Flex Builder development tool costs less than $1,000 per developer.
Flex Enterprise Services 2.0, which connects to back-end systems, will continue to cost about $15,000 per server, Whatcott said.
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I feel that it is important to correct this information because as a widely read source and the first place to post information about the release you will inevitably play a pivotal role in the reception of the product by developers outside the community. As evidenced by the very first comment posted in response to the article, the cost of the different components of Flex play a major role in the adoption of the technology.
As a member of the Flex developer community I appreciate your awareness of the importance of your role in the propogation of correct information about this key part of the Flash platform and look forward to working with the new community memebrs that are sure to hear about Flex from your article.
I am however concerned about some of the details of the article.
I feel that it is important to correct this information because as a widely read source and the first place to post information about the release you will inevitably play a pivotal role in the reception of the product by developers outside the community. As evidenced by the very first comment posted in response to the article, the cost of the different components of Flex play a major role in the adoption of the technology.
As a member of the Flex developer community I appreciate your awareness of the importance of your role in the propagation of correct information about this key part of the Flash platform and look forward to working with the new community members that are sure to hear about Flex from your article.
Stating that FES will cost $15,000 appears to be somewhat misleading and will no doubt put developers off of the platform. I would urge you to correct the article accordingly.