It's been a long long time since I've filled up my hard drives with
LimeWire downloads that I hardly or never used, and I understand the
corporate need to perpetuate.
That being said, I get cranked every time I run into the invisible
wall created by the collusion of hardware and software producers,
causing you to HAVE to upgrade your software to run on the newer
hardware, which you HAVE to buy because the software producer ceases
support for the older versions. Not a problem for the corporate worker-
bees, or government drones, but a substantial burden on the self
employed or retired.
Most of what I do today I could still be doing in PS 4, Pagemaker 4,
Quicken 2000, and AppleWorks. But none of those will run on current
equipment, or are no longer around nor have any support, no minor
upgrades to run on newer hardware, not even an upgrade 'path'.
The worst is Quicken, who forces you to upgrade at full price every 3
years, as they roll off support for the older versions. My Quicken
2006 will not run on my iMac under 10.4 or later, and there is no
upgrade path. I just want to use it to keep track of my checkbook and
charges. I don't need all the 100s of NEW features for tracking my
investments, graphing everything in seventeen different forms. Back in
the 90s they even got the banks to change to a new form of download
files so you couldn't use the older versions of Quicken at all.
So when I'm offered (as I am almost every day via email) the latest
greatest version of even $50 software, let alone $1400 stuff, for $.10
on the $1.00, it gives me pause for thought.
Joseph McAllister
Lots of gear, not much time
On Oct 24, 2008, at 06:37 , Scott Loveless wrote:
Obviously, my tongue-in-cheek references were taken a bit too
seriously. My apologies for not adding enough smilies.
On 10/24/08, PN Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I agree. Adobe has been the backbone of the graphic arts and
advertising
business since the early nineties. I can't imagine where we would
have been
today without the work Adobe has done. That idea that no one should
have to
pay for software is the result of twisted thinking and hopeless
nostalgia.
Paul
On Oct 23, 2008, at 11:34 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Oct 23, 2008, at 2:08 PM, Scott Loveless wrote:
What he means to say is that all those programs are likely
available
online
now for the sum of $0.0 if you're willing to download the torrent
files and
connect to seeds that are certainly out there on the world wide
web
providing the software to anyone who asks without being
encumbered by
the
pesky licensing and ownership process.
CW
proponent of torrents but not willing to outright steal
thousands of
dollars worth of software, yet.
I have absolutely no objection to stealing from Adobe or Microsoft.
Fortunately, I don't really use their software anymore, so it's
not an
issue. ;)
Stealing is stealing. You can't say that Microsoft and Adobe are
evil if
you are a thief.
All my software is obtained legally. I get good deals by making
connections and being polite. I also get excellent support from
Adobe. I
would not even consider stealing from them.
G
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