no, i was dead serious. you either believe that one must pay for software -- then, well, it costs $600, so cough it up. or you don't give a damn about them -- then get a demo CS2 from adobe and a free s/n from somewhere else.
mishka On 6/17/05, Frantisek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > M> if you want to support your favorite software company (like > M> any reasonable and well behaved person would), you should > > Ugh Ogh. I hope you are joking... > > Adobe is nice but it's not charity. It's a business intent on > maximising profits, by doing whatever good or bad they can do > (remember the e-book case, and there were many others too). > > There is no damn "obligation" to support them. If you feel so, their > branding campaigh sucked you in... They deliver the product I want, I > buy it. But supporting them intentionally? Only a fool can do that. > Adobe is _big_ capitalist company, they are no small family owned > restaurant... Nor a coop. They maximise profits. Why oh god should you > help them maximise profits by not using "loopholes" like the PS6 on > ebay? Only a fool would not take advantage of that. Or a brand idiot. > Or do you really think they need our heartful and continuing support? > That we should not deprive ourselves of more money to Adobe? > > Frantisek > >
