Software debacle
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- FallowDeer0
well imagine if people couldnt get dodgy copies of CS?
would they pay for a propper copy? I dont think they would.So I think adobe wouldnt have such a strong market share because if no one could use it/afford it they would turn to cheaper alternatives and that would see smaller developers gain an advantage
- If CS5 is cheaper, actually better, not just slightly different...and bug-free, people WOULD buy it...vaxorcist
- Shaney0
^^ well said. Competition is the only thing that'll sort them out. CS4 was a huge pain until the updates and Adobe basically didn't give a fuck and let everyone wait.
- fiesta0
Look at the European pricing for CS4 can you honestly say that mess of an update was worth that price? Considering Adobe don't even support CS3 on Windows 7 and OS X 10.6, I mean Microsoft still supports their software on XP and thats ancient yet Adobe won't support shit thats barely 2 years old on the latest OSes despite the fact it costs about £2K.
Ever had Photoshop moaning to you about licensing authentication problems when you've paid for that shit? Yeah hacked versions don't have any of that, no calling up adobe because their activation system fucked up again yet the DRM crap is only going to get worse with every version and the hackers will just strip it out within a week of release and only paying customers have to deal with that shit.
I mean look at these bugs CS4 shipped with
http://adobegripes.tumblr.com/po…
This fireworks bug actually made Fireworks CS4 genuinely useless for about 6 months till they got round to fixing it.http://adobegripes.tumblr.com/po…
Amateur hour bullshit most users will spot within hours of installing it, yet they have the cheek to charge ridiculous premiums. Adobe is in serious need for some good competition so they'll pull their act together then maybe they'll release a piece of software thats worth what you pay for it.
- Yes I'm pretty annoyed... but I was one of the idiots who actually paid for CS4fiesta
- xcarlx0
snich
- Corvo20
Snitching is worse than piracy, isn't it?
- ribit0
Please tell them they owe me a beer.
- erikjonsson0
i roflzored reading this.
- GeorgesII0
please leave,
- Meeklo0
I remember on my first job, I was working at a pretty decent intractive agency, and when IRS came to the office, they made us all go hang out in the terrace of the buildings, leaving 12 brand new computers on in the design room.
hahaha
- Horp0
When I was at college I worked for a little studio in a building full of little studios that were pretty much all people who had graduated at various points from the same art college.
There was an inverse heirarchy in the building. The newest people, the most recently graduated, were the ones with the strongest connections to the college, and so the ones who were more able to obtain copies of all the college's software.
The entire building was churning out design work using the same copies of Quark Xpress, Freehand and Photoshop that had been purchased by the college for the college Mac room.
This was pre-internet registration so there was no way anyone could know. Frankly I was pissed off when I finally realised I was going to have to fork out for legitimate copies. That was last year, around October time.
- hans_glib0
I think the anti-piracy peepz will give you £2500 for ratting them out...
- moth0
Graduates get funnier every year.
- imadesigner0
About 10 years ago a very well known worldwide agency had to pay a shit load of money to Microsoft after an audit at the London agency revealed the IT person was using the allocated licensing money to fund his personal drug habit. He had installed a cracked version of Microsoft Office on over 800 machines.
- he was using cracked software in order to pay crack, what a crack!Meeklo
- MrOneHundred0
What's a software license?
- Meeklo0
I dont know..
Right now, with the economy seems like great time to quit, I'm sure they won't find anyone else that same afternoon ready to do your job better than you and in 3 more languages.:)