Adobe to kill Creative Suite, software now cloud only

[Sonarman]

Adobe is killing off Creative suite and programs such as Photoshop will now be a cloud only subscription product. Read more here

I particularly like this part...

"The move is likely to be highly controversial and could lead to a rise in the cost of software for businesses

However, Adobe has brushed away those concerns. It said that is convinced that any complaints will subside after a while."

[August]

Originally Posted by Sonarman

However, Adobe has brushed away those concerns. It said that is convinced that any complaints will subside after a while."

Yeah complaints will subside as the business community dumps Adobe for something else.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by August

Yeah complaints will subside as the business community dumps Adobe for something else.

Dunno, what alternatives are there?

[August]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Dunno, what alternatives are there?

Apple, Microsoft and Quark to name three off the top of my head.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by August

Apple, Microsoft and Quark to name three off the top of my head.

None of which have as big of a community behind them as Adobe AFAIK.

Adobe is very much like 3ds max. Even if a vastly better app would be available,
no one's going to use it because that would mean abandoning thousands
of 3rd party tools, plug-ins, scripts etc.

Not to mention the time it takes to learn and get used to the new program.

[August]

Originally Posted by Dowly

None of which have as big of a community behind them as Adobe AFAIK.

Adobe is very much like 3ds max. Even if a vastly better app would be available,
no one's going to use it because that would mean abandoning thousands
of 3rd party tools, plug-ins, scripts etc.

Not to mention the time it takes to learn and get used to the new program.

We'll see.

[Herr-Berbunch]

I'll stick with my disc version, does all I want so no need to continually update, and no need for the cloud.

[MH]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Dunno, what alternatives are there?

Depends what you do.
Simple solution is freeware GIMP.

I thing they should come up with cheap solutions for home users or students or the company may lose in long run.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by MH

Depends what you do.
Simple solution is freeware GIMP.

GIMP works if there really isnt anything else to use. The big issue I have with it,
as a long time Photoshop user, is the way they pretty much change all the hotkeys
to what they think are good. Takes quite a bit of time to learn navigate everything
quickly.

Originally Posted by MH

I thing they should come up with cheap solutions for home users or students or the company may lose in long run.

Yeah, I agree. The price could be slightly lower.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by August

Well I sure am. In this age of electronic surveillance and computer hacking the idea of deliberately putting a companies proprietary data out over the internet seems to me like a real bad idea.

Me too. Every week for over a year we get at least one flyer and one phone call about cloud computing.

[Ducimus]

I think it's the latest technological phase. Kinda like how back in the late 90's when you stopped seeing HTML done in frames and done in tables instead. Same thing, only with a distribution schema.

I do however, dislike immensely, not sending our data to inhouse company ran servers. At least when we still did that, It was easier for me to troubleshoot when something went wrong, and I knew what extension to dial for the server room, located around the corner from my cube. Not to mention being able to give our sysadmin some crap cause I knew the guy and saw him every day.

No no.. everythings, "on the cloud" now.

An even larger company like Adobe doing this is hardly surprising to me.

[August]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

I do however, dislike immensely, not sending our data to inhouse company ran servers. At least when we still did that, It was easier for me to troubleshoot when something went wrong, and I knew what extension to dial for the server room, located around the corner from my cube. Not to mention being able to give our sysadmin some crap cause I knew the guy and saw him every day.

No no.. everythings, "on the cloud" now.

And you will become increasingly dependent on the cloud as you loose your equipment and associated IT staff. Much the same thing happened with Centrex lines replacing in house PBX's. When they start jacking the price it'll be too late to switch back without a major capital reinvestment.