Adobe's new pricing plan doesn't sit well with customers

Adobe has clearly hit a rough patch and it hasn't helped itself with its new pricing plan. And now its longtime supporters are speaking out against them. In the quote of the day - Doug Evans says that he is looking at QuarkXPress as a replacement (at least for InDesign) to adobe's offering. Adobe may take a lesson from the world of databases - where open source databases now dominate. The lesson - your customers will find alternatives --

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It's time for Photoshop customers to think carefully about how to pay for the software, because Adobe Systems is curtailing upgrade deals to steer people toward a new $600-per-year subscription for a wide range of its products.

Adobe--a software powerhouse going through a rough patch with layoffs and with Web standards hurting its Flash business--is making a big bet on subscriptions for its Creative Suite (CS) products. Some customers, though, aren't happy about the change.

Adobe announced the new upgrade and subscription pricing earlier this month--but the issue started ringing alarm bells for many only yesterday when one authority--Scott Kelby, president of the National Association for Photoshop Professionals--objected in an open letter to Adobe.

Doug Evans said

but have sought out alternatives for the Adobe offerings as we prioritize our upgrade paths," including Phase One's Capture One and QuarkXPress. Read more at news.cnet.com

 

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