I haven't heard this, and I'd be suspicious of someone calling you, too. Sounds too much like the "your Windows license is about to expire" scam calls.
If I were you (or your boss), I would contact Adobe support directly and ask about this. On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 11:22 AM Simon BUCH <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello FrameUsers, > > My boss just received a telephone call from an Adobe licensing > specialist this afternoon indicating that Adobe will be switching OFF > perpetual licenses [both for new & renewal] WORLDWIDE for > * Adobe Technical Communication Suite > * Adobe FrameMaker > * Adobe FrameMaker Publishing Server > * Adobe RoboHelp > * Adobe RoboHelp Server > > > According to an "Adobe Community" posting by Amitoj SINGH [Product > Manager, Adobe Technical Communication Tools]: > "Customers will still be able to purchase perpetual licenses of all > the above-mentioned products through Channel (Adobe authorized > resellers) under Transactional Licensing Program (TLP) and Cumulative > Licensing Program (CLP) even after 1 July 2019. > Customers who are currently enrolled for Adobe Software Assurance > (ASA) or Maintenance and Support (M&S) plans for any of the > above-mentioned products will continue to avail of all the benefits for > these programs till the expiry date of the current contract." > > > As the call centre licensing specialist gave the impression that the TLP > and CLP programmes require the products to have access to Adobe servers. > This has caused a PANIC in my office as most of my customers are located > in a number of different countries, inside tightly controlled corporate > and/or military grade networks that have NO access to Adobe online > services. > > My customers require a stable, reliable publishing environment where > workstation configuration is tightly controlled, safely protected from > access of update servers. > > Does this mean that Adobe is switching to requiring ALL FrameMaker and > TCS users to have access to the internet 100% of the time? > Or was the Adobe licensing specialist inaccurate with the information? > > Regards > // Simon BUCH -- M-AIS > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to [email protected] -- Lin Sims _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to [email protected] Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]
