Syed: "smaller-entity" users (such as individual tech writers, graphics artists and consultants) for whom the cost of tools is an issue...
I AM one of them and the cost of tools is very much an issue...I could never have afforded the one-time purchase of thousands of dollars I'd need to get what's in CC. OTOH, $50 a month a can easily afford. IMHO, this is a great thing. On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) < Syed.Hosain at aeris.net> wrote: > This is not just a rumor I think ... it is mentioned on the Adobe web site > for their CS tools (... have not seen anything for FrameMaker though). This > may work for some (many?) corporate users, but as far as I am concerned, it > is just one more nail in the Adobe tools coffin (for example, see my recent > rant on their FrameMaker license maintenance policy change). > > To me (and I emphasize I am only expressing my opinion and belief), it > looks like Adobe is heading away from supporting their "smaller-entity" > users (such as individual tech writers, graphics artists and consultants) > for whom the cost of tools is an issue. > > So we have to look for alternatives. For example, I now use Xara Photo and > Graphic Designer instead of Adobe Photoshop (I stopped upgrading at version > CS3). The good news is that there are less expensive, rational licensing, > alternatives to many Adobe products. FrameMaker is one that may be more > difficult to find an alternative for - I simply plan to never upgrade from > version 11 again and just look for alternatives. I am even back to Word > (eek!) for many shorter documents - my last five or six 10-20 page > white-papers have come out reasonably well in Word! Where I used to fire up > FrameMaker to do all writing, I find myself using Word more and more for > trip reports, memos, white-papers, etc. And the experience isn't as bad as > I was afraid it might be. > > My bottom line is that a SaaS model is not an acceptable model for these > kinds of tools. > > Z > > -----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 9:38 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 Syed.Hosain at aeris.net. > > 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/syed.hosain%40aeris.net > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as jposada99 at gmail.com. > > 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/jposada99%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- John Posada Rock portfolio: http://jposada.zenfolio.com/musicportfolio Twitter: @rockbandphotos Blog: http://jposada.zenfolio.com/blog -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130511/71197fed/attachment.html>