On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 10:19 AM, parminder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Since there was recently a discussion on this list on cloud computing and its > impact on lock-ins or not..... parminder > > > Adobe Gives the Little Guys the Finger > > http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/001026.html > > > You may have heard by now that Adobe, long-time manufacturer of > Photoshop and related software products, has finally brought out the > big hammer, and smashed it down firmly on the heads of individuals and > small businesses. > > What? You haven't heard this? > > Perhaps you heard that Adobe is switching to an "Internet always > required, subscription only" model for their "Creative Suite" > products. If you've seen those articles today, you probably saw > business writers waxing poetic over what a wonderful move this is by > (and for) Adobe. These same authors are generally implying that it's > a great deal for users, too.
... snip ... Intuit - (the Tally equivalent in the US) has fine tuned this model years ago with their Quicken (for home users) and Quickbooks (for small business users) products. Autodesk has gone the same way from what I have heard. Once you are hooked it is difficult to get out - the biggest hurdle being your own people who resist the switch and also the clients who insist the files be given to them in certain application's native format. -- Arun Khan Sent from my non-iphone/non-android device _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
