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June 27, 2006
Flex 2 Released!
The final release of all Flex 2 products and Flash Player 9 are available now. I'm really excited about it and think that you will be too! Here are the details:
Free Flex 2 SDK
As we have previously announced, the Flex 2 SDK is free. This includes all of the Flex libraries with full source code, documentation, command line compilers and debugger. With it, you can create and deploy applications without limitation.
Flex Builder 2, $499
Back when we first announced Flex Builder, we said that it would be available for "under $1000". I think most people assumed that this meant something like $999, so I hope that a price exactly midway between $1,000 and $0 will come as a pleasant surprise.
Flex Data Services Express Edition, Free
Flex Data Services is a server-based product that adds tremendous value to Flex when building rich, data centric applications. I think it's important to note that it not required for building Flex apps. Flex has great support for accessing XML based web services and so deploying a server is not required. However, FDS does provide a wealth of features and so we've created a tiered pricing model that will address the range of deployment needs.
The Express Edition is free, and gives you the ability to deploy a single applications that runs an unlimited number of users on a single, non clustered CPU. For multi-proc, clustered deployments there are two licenses available. The Departmental license is priced at $6,000/CPU and the Enterprise license is priced at $20,000/CPU.
Flex Charting Components, $299
This adds rich charting capabilities to Flex. It's available for $299 or you can buy a bundle of Flex Builder with the Charting components for $749.
Flash Player 9
Last but certainly not least is Flash Player 9. As always, it's available for free. This is a tremendous release of the Player that provides a solid foundation for application development. It will also provide performance improvements for existing ActionScript 2 based content, so download it today!
You can read the press release here. Enjoy!
Posted by Mark Anders at June 27, 2006 08:32 PM