Re: Adobe shifts to subscriptions for software package

[David Crosswell <davidcrosswell -at- internode -dot- on -dot- net>]

On 08/05/13 01:32, Robert Lauriston wrote:
> Microsoft has been offering a subscription pricing model for a while.
> That does not mean they're moving away from purchased software, it's
> just an alternative.
>
> Microsoft has to compete with free open-source software, Adobe not so much.

I had an appointment a couple of weeks ago with Adobe's international
sales manager as he went through Australia.
He was most interested to know what I was using and seemed to view open
source as serious competition:

http://inkscape.org/
http://scribus.net/canvas/Scribus
http://www.gimp.org/

just for a few examples.

An example of the sort of standard open source applications are putting
out these days, which might be a little more immediately accessible:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRsGyueVLvQ

So, no.
Adobe are concerned.
Cheers!

David.

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