I was wondering when someone was going to bring this up. I share your sentiments/fears exactly, Steve.
Nadine ----- Original Message ----- > From: Steve Rickaby <srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk> > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2013 12:37:59 PM > 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]
