I am still using the Fireworks that came with MX Studio. Does everything I need.
(of course, I would still be using Homesite+ if it ran on my dev mac, so I may not be a good model) On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Matthew S Blatchley <[email protected]>wrote: > > That's messed up. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vivec [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 1:36 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: For those complaining about having to move to Creative Cloud > Subscription... > > > Now look at how this plays out for people OUTSIDE the united States. > > Already many cannot even get digital products from the Adobe webstore, it > won't allow them to make a purchase. > > Then, the products cost more than double the amount in many territories, > such as Australia where it is cheaper to FLY to the United States, purchase > a boxed copy in the store, and FLY back to Australia. > > With no option for Non US customers (the majority of Adobe's customers I'm > sure) to purchase boxed copies, they will be beholden to the predatory and > exploitative pricing from Adobe. > I am certain and I would bet money that Adobe's subscription pricing is > going to be higher outside the United States. And there's no reason for > that, there are ZERO duties to be paid for a digital product. > > This also assumes an upgrade in 3 years. Guess what, many users don't > upgrade. Simply because the new "features" aren't compelling and what they > have works just fine. So for those people it will cost a whole lot more. > > Suddenly they don't have a choice to control their costs anymore, they are > forced to pay a fixed yearly fee. > > > On 9 May 2013 14:31, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Here is a nice breakdown of the cost effectiveness of the creative > > cloud subscription service. I have been using it for about a year now, > > as has Erika and I can say I have no complaints. Of course I am > > getting the student discount, but even without the discount I would still > not complain. > > I used to buy Adobe products such as Photoshop, Dreamweaver and such. > > I could not always afford upgrades so I'd be stuck with outdated > > software after a couple years. I like the creative cloud because it's > > affordable, and I get to try out other products as well, such as > > indesign. And having the full PDF suite is really nice as well. So > > many times I wanted to make a PDF form but didn't have the full program. > > Also, if you are your own dev shop like I am (part time of course), > > it's a tax deduction. > > > > http://tinyurl.com/cadd8qd > > > > Bruce > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363420 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
