OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

[Art Campbell]

I have to agree with John, and last year I would have totally bet the
other way.

I was, accidentally, an early Cloud subscriber because I couldn't
afford to set up new systems with new software. But I could handle the
$1 a day charge paid monthly, so that's what I opted for, and it's
been fine.

The software is always up to date and if I need a package that I don't
have installed, it's just point and click without an additional
charge.

So far, the model's working well for me.

Art

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On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 1:18 PM, John Posada <jposada99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Actualy, i think they would jump on it.  They can spread out the cost evenly
> over a period of time and if the employee leaves, they can stop the
> charges...they arent out the full cost. It also changes from capital
> purchase to operating expense that is treated differently on the books.
>
> On May 9, 2013 1:12 PM, "Alison Craig" <Alison.Craig at ultrasonix.com> wrote:
>>
>> It's not just freelancers that will be affected. Until my company was
>> recently purchased by a larger organization, I had always worked for small
>> to medium-sized businesses as the sole writer. Trying to get a budget for
>> tools could be like pulling teeth. I somehow doubt most of my former
>> employers would ever go for the subscription model.
>>
>> Which means for many sole writers, it will be back to using Word!
>>
>> Alison
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
>> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer
>> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 9:57 AM
>> To: Steve Rickaby; framers at lists.frameusers.com
>> Subject: Re: OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription
>> only
>>
>> I was wondering when someone was going to bring this up. I share your
>> sentiments/fears exactly, Steve.
>>
>> Nadine
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: Steve Rickaby <srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk>
>> > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
>> > Cc:
>> > Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2013 12:37:59 PM
>> > Subject: OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription
>> > only
>> >
>> > I have just heard a rumor that the CS Suite is going to available in
>> > future only on an SaaS basis, by subscription. TCS/FrameMaker could
>> > follow?
>> >
>> > I do wonder whether the accountants that run large corporates like
>> > Adobe understand how important their software is to the countless
>> > thousands of freelances who have to scrape every last penny to buy it
>> > - but at least then they own something, not vapor that goes phut as soon
>> > as you stop paying for it.
>> >
>> > For the last two decades FrameMaker, Illustrator, Acrobat and
>> > Dreamweaver have been the rocks underpinning what I do. I'm far less
>> > sure about the future, though.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Steve [somewhat aghast]
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