Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

[Writer]

I say we start a new company and create a competitor to FrameMaker! Who's with me? Anyone? Anyone?

*crickets chirp*

=D

Nadine


----- Original Message -----
> From: Craig Ede <craigede at hotmail.com>
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Cc: 
> Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2013 1:24:36 PM
> Subject: FW: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only
> 
>T his is troubling, and so one message is "buy the CS software on CD/DVD
> while you still can." A number of my friends, most connected with academic
> institutions, are doing that. 
> 
> I expect Adobe is attempting to have everyone on the same page as regards
> these applications so that one set of help files defines the "current 
> state"
> of an application. This would help a lot in terms of expected outcomes when
> using the product. However, it requires a constant state of reeducation as
> new features are added and different ways of handling things are introduced.
> Not that we don't have to deal with this already, but at least we know if we
> do something in a given version, it is going to work in a way that we
> already are familiar with. 
> 
> As for extending this "the current version of the app" beyond the 
> bounds of
> the Creative Suite, I rather doubt that Adobe will do that anytime soon. If
> they have their finger on the pulse of their users they must realized that,
> for instance, in the medical device industry, all tools used to produce
> documentation must be validated. It would be impossible  (and expensive!) to
> validate a moving target as the apps were continually being improved and the
> former version made unavailable.
> 
> Craig Ede
> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby
> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 11:38 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> 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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