Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Software companies almost never sell you copies of software, only a license to use their software. In the "old" model, you purchase a license to use on one machine, with 30 days) warranty that it will run, well, actually most EULA don't even warrantee that. There is almost no promise to ever give you updates, free or otherwise. If you have W2K and upgrade to Windows XP and it doesn't work? Well, too bad. Your license does not cover that. Most companies are more reasonable than their EULA would suggest, but there is no guaranty. In this "new" model, you purchase a "subscription" to the license. When the subscription runs out (i.e. you stop paying), your license is no longer valid. Brave new world. Although I'd think most (powered and most as in > 50%) photographers have moved to Lightroom already. Unfortunately, there are usually a few things that most of us need Photoshop for. May be a better model is "per hourly subscription rate" :-) Most of the LR users who also use PS probably only use PS less than an hour each month, so that's probably $10/hr :-) On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 11:24 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>wrote: > Other than ownership vs right to use, is their some difference that would > affect the outwardly predatory practice that Adobe is using? > > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at verizon.net > > > > > Le 8 mai 13 ? 01:17, Frank Filippone a ?crit : > > > You bought the OS, the OS supplier gives you updates for free... via > > the WEB.. > > > You don't buy an OS, you pay once for the right to use it temporarily or > permanently - I think the diference was in the small print which no one > reads. > Now you just realize how much you were wrong. > Let's call the expert in, Nathan please. > > Ph > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto