Say goodbye to discs and the CS from Adobe...

[jdc]

Adobe CS Is Now Creative Cloud

At Adobe’s annual MAX conference today, the company announced a major overhaul of the ten-year-old Creative Suite, which will now be known as Creative Cloud. From now on, you won’t buy CS6 or CS7—you’ll buy a $50 per month subscription to CC (happily, the first year will only cost $30 for anyone with a CS3 or later serial number).

http://gizmodo.com/say-goodbye-to-creati...-493155052

I know this has come up several times before -- and lots of you guys seem to poo-poo the whole "no disc" or subscription based software thing -- but I think its great. Well, at least its great if you want to have the latest versions...

[Paul F.]

*sigh*
Can't say I didn't this coming...
Looks like I'll have to find something else to replace InDesign for the newsletter I do. I do it for a non-profit, and neither they, nor I, is going to pay $600/yr to use it.

[C(-)ris]

If true, I can't believe they actually did that. I wonder if the backlash will make them change their mind. I really didn't think it was possible they would do it.

This will be a horrible deal for people who already have a Creative Suite, as they will be paying over $1200 over 2 years for an upgrade that used to cost less than $300.

[WHiiP]

So, you will HAPPILY fork over $600 per year. Sure to go up, possibly each year.

Glad I don't have any reason to need Adobe.

[Paul F.]

C(-)ris wrote:
If true, I can't believe they actually did that. I wonder if the backlash will make them change their mind. I really didn't think it was possible they would do it.

This will be a horrible deal for people who already have a Creative Suite, as they will be paying over $1200 over 2 years for an upgrade that used to cost less than $300.

Would this be a good time to say "we told you so", since you championed the position that "Adobe isn't going to go all-cloud" for many moons now?

My only question is; what company/product is in the wings that can ramp up their product to replace InDesign? I know there are other image editors to if not replace Photoshop, at least reduce the dependence on it...

[C(-)ris]

Paul F. wrote:
[quote=C(-)ris]
If true, I can't believe they actually did that. I wonder if the backlash will make them change their mind. I really didn't think it was possible they would do it.

This will be a horrible deal for people who already have a Creative Suite, as they will be paying over $1200 over 2 years for an upgrade that used to cost less than $300.

Would this be a good time to say "we told you so", since you championed the position that "Adobe isn't going to go all-cloud" for many moons now?

My only question is; what company/product is in the wings that can ramp up their product to replace InDesign? I know there are other image editors to if not replace Photoshop, at least reduce the dependence on it...
Doesn't bother me any, as I don't actually have to buy any product personally. But, I am extremely surprised, as that goes against what many adobe reps have told me. Although it was premature before, you may now commence with your sky is falling antics without comment from me.

I think they wanted to keep it a complete secret to prevent early and growing backlash.

From a support perspective it will be way easier to manage as everything is kept track of online and we won't have to deal with keeping track of who has what. I'm curious to see what deployment tools they include as we don't want every use to have to individually download the product.

[weapon]

This will make 6.5 the most valuable disc in the lineup.

It will be the last of the suites I by unless my company pays for it on my home machine.

[Marc Anthony]

I believe the headline should read "Say goodbye to Adobe." Fornicate them and their internet subscription equine fecal matter.

[$tevie]

I hate to say it, but I'm loving this Cloud thing. All I need at home is InDesign, which is costing me $19.99 a month, since I can still use my old PS and Illustrator for the things I do. I also found it much easier to download it and get right to work than fiddling around with discs and stupid anti-piracy nonsense. And I can stop paying for it if I am not going to be using it, then pay again when I need it again. Works for me.

[(vikm)]

If there is one company that could get up to speed on an adequate replacement in a relatively short amount of time, one need look no further than Apple. They've already shown willingness to wade into the software waters outside of the OS (with varying success). Whether or not they'd have the desire to is another story.