kinda...
One thing : I've never read so much confusing info in my life. This whole episode would make a great Marx Brothers routine,...if it didn't cost us so much. Ok, so Adobe is relenting just a smidgen here...but honest, they are a major company, don't they think these things through? It sounds more like the accounting department making the announcements or maybe the shareholders. Hmmm, does adobe have shareholders?
Reading, trying to make sense of this new info, can anyone tell me if my CS3 Indesign or CS3 Illustrator is part of the new deal? Can I upgrade these individual programs to the CS6 versions? Is my individual copy of Photoshop CS5 eligible for an upgrade to CS6? It seems like Adobe is saying that only Creative Suite versions are included in this upgrade path until 31 december 2012. None of my software is part of a creative suite and I don't want to upgrade to a suite of anything. I'm also totally not interested in suites, subscriptions, or clouds. If this is the way forward with Adobe I will, sadly, look for other digital solutions.
Moving forward, after all the faithful have upgraded to CS6, it sounds like then we will be forced to upgrade every version or end up having to buy the whole program again. Is that right? Am I getting it? And further, it sounds like after this CS6 upgrade, if I don't have an individual copy of say Photoshop CS6 I won't be able to just buy Photoshop CS7 or Illustrator CS7 as a one program deal. Adobe will be forcing me to buy a Creative Suite or a subscription to get these individual programs?...
Please correct me on any of this. I'd like to hear where I'm not understanding the Adobe info. I've been using their software for a long time. I just love Photoshop and Lightroom and hope to continue using them for years to come. I dropped Quarkxpress as soon as Adobe put out Indesign...I think the first version was called something else. And I've been using Illustrator too, though less frequently. It's all great software. I really don't want to be forced into other solutions. Like I also love the pixel genius software I'm using via Photoshop. I hope I can continue to use it.
No, really. I bought a program way back when. I want to upgrade that program. I'm not a big studio or company that has any use for all the programs that the creative suites offer. I also do not have the budget for the creative suites or the subscription offers as they stand. In good times or bad I want to be able to buy what I need. I don't like being given solutions that not only hold no value for me, but hurt my income and take away choice. I guess it goes without saying that it sucks that Adobe is changing the rules of the game I signed up for. But it's their game, and I guess they can do what they want.