Adobe commits suicide

**PeteS** · 08 May 2013, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by Artyboots

People like to own their stuff.

But you never own any software, even when you pay a one-off price you're still only purchasing the right to use (license) that software within the limits of the license agreement. You may 'own' the CD it came on, but not the software on the CD.

Expensive tea coasters.

**Artyboots** · 08 May 2013, 02:46 PM

Originally Posted by PeteS

But you never own any software, even when you pay a one-off price you're still only purchasing the right to use (license) that software within the limits of the license agreement. You may 'own' the CD it came on, but not the software on the CD.

Expensive tea coasters.

Semantics

**pauland** · 08 May 2013, 02:50 PM

I used to buy Adobe software. I started with Flash and Dreamweaver. Quickly it became cheaper to upgrade to a suite rather than individual programs. Even so, I had access to a limted number of programs. Last year my option was to buy CS6 or go with Adobe Cloud. I went with the cloud, had access to all of the Adobe software and there is little cost differrence between upgrading my old software and the subscription. Of course, if you don't upgrade regularly, it's more expensive.

Adobe started with the cloud a year ago, so they have already tested the market and now they've gone a stage further. For most people it won't make much differrence to them whether they"buy" software or rent it.

If you decide to stop subscribing though, it will be game over.

I don't see it as suicide or a big opportunity for XDP. XDP is not an equivalent to the Creative Cloud.

**MarcT** · 08 May 2013, 03:22 PM

Pretentious one-track decision, I hope it will give them a good kick in the shins and create opportunity for other innovations to prosper.

I will certainly not buy on those terms.

I use their product and while they work, they're crystallized with 80's clunky interface decisions.
A rigid design built up in spirals of complexity.

Marc

**inabottle** · 08 May 2013, 04:20 PM

Im currently an art student and it is definitely worth it on a student budget to have the entire CS suite at an affordable price. Though autodesk all their products are free if youre a student.

**gwpriester** · 08 May 2013, 06:04 PM

Originally Posted by pauland

I don't see it as suicide or a big opportunity for XDP. XDP is not an equivalent to the Creative Cloud.

The Creative Puff of Smoke?

**pauland** · 08 May 2013, 06:07 PM

Who knows what kind of creative puffing goes on at Adobe HQ.

**angelize** · 08 May 2013, 07:19 PM

I think it needs to be pointed out here that Xara as much as we all love the software is lacking some fundamental features that it would need to even think about becoming a viable replacement for the Creative Suite. It can't touch Illy for things like brushes and support for a true graycale mode and for DTP features it would need things like table of contents creation, booklet and e-pub creation and true master pages just to name a few before it could even come close to InDesign.

**Artyboots** · 08 May 2013, 07:47 PM

Frances!!!!!!!!

Btw jon494 that is the funniest post title I have seen in ages!

**angelize** · 08 May 2013, 08:36 PM

I'm not saying that Xara isn't great, and I would dearly love to see more professionals use it, I use it daily for 99% of my work but to push it as replacement for the Creative suite to Pros used to working with CS and having these features just wouldn't work.

Just search Dear Xara and see how many threads you can find asking for brushes that stretch along a path or skeletal strokes.