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Lord Dakoth

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Re: Adobe, *Laughs*
« Reply #30 on: October 12, 2009, 06:02:59 pm »
Apparently SOMEONE'S buying it, otherwise they couldn't afford to stay in business.
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Re: Adobe, *Laughs*
« Reply #31 on: October 12, 2009, 07:47:24 pm »
Yeah, companies buy it because they have absolutely no choice in the matter. Being companies they're vulnerable to legal action, so they have to get legal liscences, and as there quite simply is no alternitive to the Creative Suite (Adobe have made sure of that) they're forced to pay the outrageous costs.
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Re: Adobe, *Laughs*
« Reply #32 on: October 12, 2009, 08:13:08 pm »
Its buisiness on buisiness crime!
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« Reply #33 on: October 12, 2009, 08:26:09 pm »
Reminds me of Autodesk. We used AutoCAD for a semester at my previous college. They charged people $50 for a slightly longer demo, 60 days instead of 30. Needless to say, I didn't use either demo.

On the topic of free Flash editors: here ya go.
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Re: Adobe, *Laughs*
« Reply #34 on: October 12, 2009, 10:38:35 pm »
Autodesk follow a similar pricing regime for similar reasons; they have an effective monopoly and can charge whatever they feel like.
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Re: Adobe, *Laughs*
« Reply #35 on: October 13, 2009, 03:43:32 am »
Also, for animation people.

http://www.pencil-animation.org/

yeah.
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Re: Adobe, *Laughs*
« Reply #36 on: October 13, 2009, 01:39:05 pm »
Quote from: Mephisto on October 12, 2009, 08:26:09 pm
here ya go.
Quote from: IndonesiaWarMinister on October 13, 2009, 03:43:32 am
http://www.pencil-animation.org/
Thanks!
I haven't had time to do more than a cursory looking at the page, but I'm pretty sure these will come in handy!

Yay I might finaly be able to do animation! ^_^

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Re: Adobe, *Laughs*
« Reply #37 on: October 13, 2009, 01:49:49 pm »
edit: I missed Neruz's post which said pretty much exactly the same thing.

Actually Adobe's target audience isn't us. They don't really care if we pirate it, which is why the copy-protection is easily circumvented.

The people they want to sell it to are professional designers and firms who can't afford the liability of running pirated software, and so they have to buy licenses for each computer they need to run it on. Businesses are used to paying those kinds of bulk prices for licenses.

And when it comes down to it, programs like Photoshop can be expensive because they are unparalleled. Really, Illus. and PS are the only tools to use in a professional setting, because they are the most comprehensive.

AFAIK Adobe has never made any real anti-piracy effort because its pretty much irrelevant to their business model.
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