TCS subscription model: Illustrator version, and can you go back to buying TCS outright as an upgrade later?

[Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain@aeris.net)]

Robert Lauriston wrote:
> Adobe has something of a captive market with InDesign. The same isn't true for FrameMaker and RoboHelp.

> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 7:10 AM, Syed Zaeem Hosain
> (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) <Syed.Hosain at aeris.net> wrote:
> > Ø  They get more $ by forcing all users to upgrade with each new 
> > release whether they want to or not, so barring the CS 
> > subscription-only model causing mass migration to other products 
> > (sadly, not likely), TCS will go the same path.

Ummm ... the extract above is not from me actually. 

However, I would add that InDesign has an alternative - but not clear to me how good an alternative it is (if at all) - in the new "Page & Layout Designer" from Xara.  Some people here are evaluating it.

Z