I say we start a new company and create a competitor to FrameMaker! Who's with me? Anyone? Anyone?
*crickets chirp* =D Nadine ----- Original Message ----- > From: Craig Ede <craigede at hotmail.com> > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2013 1:24:36 PM > Subject: FW: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only > >T his is troubling, and so one message is "buy the CS software on CD/DVD > while you still can." A number of my friends, most connected with academic > institutions, are doing that. > > I expect Adobe is attempting to have everyone on the same page as regards > these applications so that one set of help files defines the "current > state" > of an application. This would help a lot in terms of expected outcomes when > using the product. However, it requires a constant state of reeducation as > new features are added and different ways of handling things are introduced. > Not that we don't have to deal with this already, but at least we know if we > do something in a given version, it is going to work in a way that we > already are familiar with. > > As for extending this "the current version of the app" beyond the > bounds of > the Creative Suite, I rather doubt that Adobe will do that anytime soon. If > they have their finger on the pulse of their users they must realized that, > for instance, in the medical device industry, all tools used to produce > documentation must be validated. It would be impossible? (and expensive!) to > validate a moving target as the apps were continually being improved and the > former version made unavailable. > > Craig Ede > -----Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 11:38 AM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: OT: Corporate madness - Adobe software to be subscription only > > I have just heard a rumor that the CS Suite is going to available in future > only on an SaaS basis, by subscription. TCS/FrameMaker could follow? > > I do wonder whether the accountants that run large corporates like Adobe > understand how important their software is to the countless thousands of > freelances who have to scrape every last penny to buy it - but at least then > they own something, not vapor that goes phut as soon as you stop paying for > it. > > For the last two decades FrameMaker, Illustrator, Acrobat and Dreamweaver > have been the rocks underpinning what I do. I'm far less sure about the > future, though. > > -- > Steve [somewhat aghast] > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as generic668 at yahoo.ca. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >