OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only

[Richard Doll]

all Adobe users

also signed the petition . . . because (follows)

had recent issues with customer supplied images as PDF (would crash my Acrobat 7.1).
emailed "Support" who said "they knew of and had a fix to download, but would require me to delete/remove my 7.1.
asked them 3x more - all with "yes" response to remonal.
"activation" FAILED - with NO FURTHER response forthcoming.
except . . . could download "trial" of Acro-XI . . . and they desperately pushed for "subscription into the cloud".
opted for "purchase" which does function fine . . . just each launch has message box of "xx days remaining/ready to subscribe?"

all of which reminds me of my Frame-10 install of last Sept.
and its crash on 1/1/2013 with Notice . . . You have EXPIRED.
OOOOOPS!
maybe it was just a test of code embedded as request for more $$.

beware of stuff that emanates within clouds
If in doubt . . . ask a resident of Oklahoma City.


Scrooge
Graphic Communications
sgmlindy at tds.net
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Shlomo Perets 
  To: framers at lists.frameusers.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:35 PM
  Subject: RE: OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only


  Just signed the petition and indicated the following as the reason for signing:

   

  "It is really a matter of letting users choose, rather than aggressively force this or that option them. 

  Clearly, many Adobe users are still using older versions because many newer versions/upgrades were mediocre, half-baked, not too promising and/or too expensive. Instead of making an effort to produce inspiring/irresistible upgrades, they want to force all to constantly pay for the same software."

   

  [nothing original. I'm sure that these points and many other valid points were already made in the different threads in so many forums]

   

   

  Shlomo Perets

   

  MicroType, http:// microtype.com 

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  Enable and encourage user input in PDFs (viewed with Adobe Reader) 
  Half-hour webinar (free; no fluff, no hype, no nonsense), June 5, starting 9am PDT
  https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/157658438

   

   

   

   

  ---------- Original message ----------




  At 14:54 -0700 20/5/13, Karen Robbins wrote:

  Adam Engst's article in TidBITs, Creative Cloud Complaints Darken Adobe's View of the Future, (<http://tidbits.com/e/13765>http://tidbits.com/e/13765) makes/shares some excellent points. If the Creative Cloud experiment succeeds, TCS/FrameMaker could be next.

  I see from this article that there is a petition on Change.org to try to persuade Adobe to abandon this sales model. Please go here if you feel strongly about this issue:

  <http://www.change.org/petitions/adobe-systems-incorporated-eliminate-the-mandatory-creative-cloud-subscription-model>

   



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