On Jan 9, 2013, at 8:57 AM, Dan <dantear...@gmail.com> wrote: > At 8:16 PM -0800 01/08/2013, glen wrote: >> Just installed Illy CS2 on a this computer which is not my work computer >> with CS installed. No CS on this Mac and no problems. No Key requested, >> just the serial number from the Adobe web site. > > Great! > > But... I don't get it. > > Adobe has built themselves such a crap reputation over the past few years. > They've become synonymous with the phrase "security vulnerability" and their > inability to fix other bugs and such…
You mis-spoke slightly: Adobe Acrobat has built the company a crap reputation. There's a divide in Adobe between the creative apps (Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere, etc) and the business end (Acrobat). Go read some of John Welch's rants on Adobe over the years <http://www.bynkii.com> Also, when they decided that Flash was their sekrit weppin to kill Javascript and HTML5 and .Net and so built it into every damn thing they make, the ongoing hackfest that is Acrobat Reader started. Once upon a time a PDF file was a document. Now it's an executable, too…. > For Adobe to release this old software for free is a Very Good Thing. A > wonderful thing! They should be blithering about this to the news media, > patting themselves on the back. For once, Adobe does a Good Thing!!!!!! But > nooo? They're denying it while doing it? Why would they do that? What has > happened to their corporate "culture" that would cause this to happen? I > just don't get it. Scene: upper level meeting in San Jose: IT manager: "Running those old authentication servers for ten-year-old software that doesn't run on any modern computers is costing us money. We should shut them down." Legal:"We can't, if we shut those down, we will cause those customers to suddenly lose their working software. We'll be sued." IT Manager (under his breath): "damn lawyers…" "OK, then we'll post the required authorization keys for CS2 owners to download. Legal :"Works for me." IT Manager to underling: "Legal has said go. Make it so, number one!" Telephone chain down the line to Code Monkey #32. CM32: "What? You want me to post CS2 online for download? Ooookay, its' ancient, who would want something like that?" -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
