Originally Posted by
pauland
I'm disappointed by your last post, MyCoalescen. It seems to be about anger with Adobe, but is not at all rooted in any substance. Anger what anger? Did I call adobe names or shout at them? That seems a very defensive stance you have taken. Are you sure it was not you who were quickly offended? I tried to back up my greek tragedy scenario with facts of the past and facts about their current business model.
Adobe is the equivalent of the shipping container of the graphics world. The shipping container created a common transport medium that allowed efficient exchange of goods. Adobe is the oil of the graphics world enabling artistic designs to be transferred electronically and not just the designs, but the skillsets. I worked for ups for 6 years. If adobe is a "shipping container" you will realize a few things. What people ship in does not matter. Some use boxes, other wrapping paper, some wooden crates and others just slap a label on the item and send it as wheel. There are many viable shipping containers as there are viable creative software providers. You are talking about market standards. They do help in ways I know that but at the same time they limit potentially better things from emerging because they break that convention.
You want to learn now what will replace Adobe in the future. There is NOTHING on the horizon that is even close to replacing Adobe even in one small aspect of it's business. The design houses using Adobe software don't just use one program, they use many, and the interoperability of those programs is very important. Adobe's move to a subscription model has meant access to all of Adobe's software so that dependency and dominance is likely to increase not decrease. Im not looking 6 months down the road Im looking 5-10 years down the road which I implied a few times in my story. I know the companies use more than 1 program which is why I have stated before im looking for a company with multiple viable alternatives to adobe in graphic design.
If Adobe's move to a subscription model does hurt them, I've no doubt they'll reverse it at some stage.Exactly which is why if you read my posts you would realize Im waiting till i graduate in july to see if adobe makes this exact move. To see if it hurts them and how they react to it but that will take time to see possibly years as many are still satisfies with cs 5 or 6 and not ready to upgrade. Currently they have done little to try to calm those swearing they will leave and never come back of which I am not one. If adobe makes what I feel are sufficient changes there is no reason for me to consider leaving adobe.
As a student I don't think you have any idea of how influencial Adobe is in the professional design world. Adobe is a long way from falling and I'd suggest that you put your anger with them aside, because it will hurt your career path if you avoid Adobe or express this level of angst at an interview.Thank you for saying I am ignorant and completely trying to discredit my opinion. I have used adobe for 10 years which I feel is a fair amount of time even compared to those who have used it for 20-30 years. I realize all to well the grip adobe has on the market the more I have researched adobe, its competitors and the market. I have been spending hours each week researching adobe, its alternatives, the market and what people think about all of this. After 2 economics classes I understand adobe is a monopoly leveraging its market position and has since it bough macromedia which was a separate company when I first started studying graphic design. Monopolies are bad for everyone except the monopoly. I hope to see significant competition to adobe. This will lower market prices, spur innovation, increase efficiency and be good all around for the customers and economies. Im not saying I would refuse to use adobe products. I use them every day at college. I will use what ever my boss provides or requires. If I become my own boss or lets say was responsible for deciding the software of a business and that cost came out of my pay or effected it or a bonus or what not I would consider alternatives to adobe to possibly save money and consider the value of a perpetual license depending on the nature of the business.
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