Hi Steve You may know this already, but Xara is a credible alternative to Illustrator, and a lot cheaper. Dunno about any of the others though...
Regards, Roger On 12/07/2013 11:46 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote: > I have just had a software vendor ring me to enquire about my future software > needs, and to extol the virtues of Adobe's 'creative cloud', which she had > just finished training up on. > > Boy did she get more than she was bargaining for ;-) > > I pointed out that I had been planning to upgrade (with full version purchase > in many cases due to the age of my versions), at least Illustrator, > Dreamweaver, Acrobat Pro, InDesign, Fireworks and Flash (I have already > upgraded FrameMaker), but that Adobe no longer has anything to sell me. She > then asked me what alternatives I was planning, and I responded that as there > were no credible alternatives to many or all of these, I was considering > retirement as an option. > > The idea that I would have to pay Adobe for the rest of my life to retain > access to legacy material does not appeal, to say the least. > > I know this has been aired here before, but I just needed to let off steam. >
