Now OT, I suppose. RE: Adobe pricing policies (was: FrameMaker 12 released)

[Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain@aeris.net)]

Maxwell Hoffman said:
> For another viewpoint, Adobe was just named in the top 100 companies to work for by Fortune. Our 2013 revenues considerably exceeded projections. So "somebody" out there is happy with Adobe.  ;-)

Perhaps. :) But, at what cost?

The unhappy ones are probably the small users - like myself - who helped FrameMaker become what it is and Adobe *clearly* does not care about us anymore. That is unlike the founders of Frame Technology who I met many years ago ... and the founders of Adobe too, I would hope!

Financial success by large companies is not the only measure of success that matters. It is why in my 35+ years of work, I have chosen to do many small startups and try to only work for small companies. My current startup (I was one of the founders) now has 80 employees and I bet that, *collectively*, we are a happier bunch of people than all the folks at Adobe. But we will *never* make those top lists due to our tiny size! :)

FWIW, the largest company I ever worked for was Analog Devices (helped their small 60 person semiconductor division grow large ... my first job out of college). Even there, supporting small customers was a matter of pride for us - an *individual* could buy a single part from them directly when I worked there.

Z