Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

[Jim Owens]

Even better, let's all switch to DITA and use whatever tools we like for 
editing and publishing.

On 2013-05-11 14:33, Writer wrote:
> 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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