Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In answer to the link that Geoff posted, Kilby is a paid fan boy. The reality is that going forward Adobe becomes a far less attractive product as if I don't pay Guido every month the program goes away. In the old universe, if I agreed to a price for something then I could use that product or service as long as I found use for it. Now, if I decide that I no longer need Guido's services then the product goes away; in the old days I just kept the program on the spare hard drive and could reopen it if I wanted to use it for something. I suspect that the MBA's at Adobe were seduced by two things; first the large amount of revenue actually lost by the cheap stolen Adobe products available from many street vendors in China(and other places) as well as the giddiness of a constant revenue stream as opposed to the staccato revenue stream of new launch spike followed by a steady decline until the new launch. For complete informational services, I was one who was polled by Adobe about the new pricing model and given a large array of choices on how to acquire their products. It seems that my input was monetarily not acceptable. Richard was correct, vote with your wallet and don't use Adobe products going forward: also actively support those companies that provide a similar product with a pricing model that better fits your needs. If enough people realize the huge window that exists now to enter the imaging market place maybe there will be some serious competition. My suggestion would be to start giving away my new software to college kids so that they use my product which in time becomes the new standard. Can you say WordStar. Don On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 4:48 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > And you can still buy perpetual licences for Photoshop CS6 , Creative Suite > CS6 and Lightroom if you choose. Lightroom is included if you lease the > whole suite btw. > For everyone satisfied with the features of the version they have life will > go on! Sounds like new camera models doesn't it? > > For Australian and I would guess UK customers the prices are now identical > for the subscriptions whereas the boxed versions *and the download > versions*cost a LOT more in our countries than the same product sold > in USA for > example and we were geo-blocked from purchasing from the USA site. > For this country I just checked prices for the (full version) boxed CS6 > master collection and Lightroom 4. A bit more than AUD $4500. Makes $50 a > month sound rather more attractive if I needed several of the applications. > Just Photoshop and Lightroom will suit me fine though. > > > > *Fun tickets in my pocket, visions in my brain* -- Jimmy Buffett > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 9 May 2013 18:23, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Well, at least one of his examples is wrong - you can still buy Office as > > a standalone product, the only thing is you don't get a box anymore - you > > have to download it. In other words, there is a choice, its not a fait > > accompli..... > > > > I agree with the general point of view that this is the future, we might > > as well get used to it and to paying high rates for software that we need > > to use > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > On 09-May-2013, at 1:36 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > For those wanting some facts before the pitchforks and boiling oil come > > out! > > > > > > http://scottkelby.com/2013/my-take-on-adobes-announcements-yesterday-at-the-max-conference/ > > > http://www.lightroomqueen.com/2013/05/08/adobes-changes-stop-breath/ > > > > > > > > > *Fun tickets in my pocket, visions in my brain* -- Jimmy Buffett > > > > > > Cheers > > > Geoff > > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > > > > On 9 May 2013 15:21, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > > > > > >> I think this is over the top. Petitions are for political causes. This > > is > > >> just a business that has adopted a pricing strategy that many people > (me > > >> included) do not like. The way to deal with that is not through > > petitions > > >> but by not buying the product in question. Cash talks much louder in > > this > > >> context anyway. > > >> > > >> Cheers, > > >> Nathan > > >> > > >> Nathan Wajsman > > >> Alicante, Spain > > >> http://www.frozenlight.eu > > >> http://www.greatpix.eu > > >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > > >> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > >> > > >> YNWA > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On May 9, 2013, at 4:19 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > >> > > >>> For those who are interested (Others, please delete): > > >> > > > http://www.change.org/petitions/adobe-systems-incorporated-eliminate-the-mandatory-creative-cloud-subscription-model > > >>> > > >>> There might be some succor for us photographers, it may seem. By the > > way, > > >>> here in India they want the equivalent of US$50 per month for > > Photoshop, > > >>> price gouging personified!: > > >> > > > http://petapixel.com/2013/05/07/adobe-thinking-about-a-creative-cloud-bundle-geared-toward-photographers/ > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Cheers > > >>> Jayanand > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> Leica Users Group. > > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Leica Users Group. > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory at gmail.com