Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

Sat May 11 15:06:19 PDT 2013

I raise my hand ... :)

Now ... who is responsible for getting funding?

Z

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From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 11:33 AM
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Subject: Re: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

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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