Re: FLASH: CD Rom production - Director is so bogus

[Phillip Kerman]

It makes sense what you say... I'd generally say that if you can use what

the product offers within its price, then it's worth it.  I mean, I'm not

griping about the third-party Xtra called "3dGroove" just because they want

like $40,000 for a year license (or something like that see:

http://www.3dgroove.com/)... I just won't use it.  I simply don't have any

jobs that would justify it.  If I did, I'd use it.


Similarly, Generator looks pretty expensive... but if I could make a case

for it (or, more accurately) for my clients... we'd pay.


But as for Director (or Flash), one would hope that you can justify the

price of the software many times over... so that the actual cost for

software is a very small part of your total investment.


Another way to look at the price of software is as a "subscription".  I

figure Director is upgraded every 18 months or so...for about 300-400 per

platform.  I just budget that in and keep on paying.  I suppose Macromedia

likes people who just fork it over... but I like the way I can make money

using the software too.


Phillip




> ------------------------------

>

> Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 19:53:57 -0400

>

From: "Laura Mollett" <lmollettmindspring [dot] com>

> Subject: Re: FLASH: CD Rom production - Director is so bogus

>

> Hi Phillip,

>

> > Why hasn't this thread become a complaint that Director costs too much?

> > After all, it's more than twice the cost of Flash? I'm really

> most surprised

> > this hasn't turned into a thread about "which is better: Flash

> or Director?"

>

> As you point out, they're better for different uses (although I have a

> tendency to want to do things in Flash that would probably be

> better done in

> Director, just because I have and know how to use one and not the other.)

> Personally I think MMs prices are generally quite reasonable when

> considering market standards. Flash is perfectly affordable for

> general web

> developers. Director isn't a program for average web developers. I don't

> really expect a program that does what director does to cost less (even

> though I can't currently afford it, which is also some indication that I

> don't currently need it ;) The generator license stuff may be a different

> matter, but I gather from JDs posts that they're working on that.

>

> Laura

> >



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