I'd be surprised if they relented. During questioning about why CS6 was $1700
more in Australia than the US, Adobe's CEO repeatedly dodged the question and
instead kept preaching the wonders of the Creative Cloud.
Software-by-subscription has long been the Holy Grail for software companies.
I don't see Adobe backing down on this.
We recently purchased 3 seats of CS6 for the marketing department at the
hospital, and while the order was being processed the vendor informed me that
Adobe had just discontinued physical media and I would have to download 4+ GB
of install files. So, the hospital network got hammered, and now I had to use
4GB of our NAS to store them.
Paul Braun
Certified Music Junkie
"It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." -- David St. Hubbins
"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Harlan Howard
On May 12, 2013, at 8:24, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You've never owned it!
> What you purchased was a licence to use it.
> Which is why it's technically illegal to sell your CS5 after you upgrade to 6.
> If you misused it in some way - dunno how but it'll be in the fine print -
> they can confiscate it (terminate the licence).
> And you've always been on the treadmill.
> I'm still using LR 3 which I love and know how to but if I bought an OM-D I
> don't think it would recognise it. I know there are workarounds like DNG but
> they would interrupt my workflow.
> I predict (here and now, make a note, hold me to it) that they will relent,
> but the price of the outright purchase will be ridiculously high for all but
> corporate and they'd probably prefer cloud to site licence anyway.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.soultheft.com
> Author/Publisher: The SLR Compendium - http://www.blurb.com/books/3732813
>
>
>
> On 12/05/2013, at 10:06 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> It looks like I'm finally going to get off the Adobe treadmill. As many
>> of you probably know by now, Adobe has announced a monthly subscription
>> for its Creative Suites products operating in the "Cloud". (which
>> includes PhotoShop). I had thought this was simply an additional
>> product and not a replacement. But, as it turns out, there will be no
>> PhotoShop product beyond CS6. All new development will be done in the
>> Cloud only. The only way to buy these services is to buy subscriptions.
>> These come with annual contracts and a monthly fee which, of course,
>> is more expensive than purchasing the perpetual product with occasional
>> upgrades.
>>
>> Not that it will do any good I fear but I have signed the petition
>> mentioned in the Computerworld article below. Quite simply, my current
>> copies of CS6 and Lightroom 4 will be my last purchases from Adobe.
>> I'll use them as long as they work and then look for whatever else best
>> fits my needs. I'm sure the folks at Corel and the GIMP are very happy.
>>
>> <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9239085/Backlash_begins_against_Adobe_s_subscription_only_plan?taxonomyId=18&pageNumber=1>
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
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