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Subject: Re: [AE] Adobe's new upgrade policy and Creative Cloud licensing model
From: Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com>
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Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:00:44 -0600
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Good points.  I have a client with a heinous firewall.  I guess I'd need =
my own satellite transponder.

I've been working with enough hi-tech companies to know that the cloud =
is inevitable, and at some point, people who insist on hard drives are =
going to be on a dystopian par with Mad Max and lawless adventurers.  At =
some point, local installs of software won't be an option.  Your =
computer won't even compute... it will simply be an appliance to access =
one on the internet.  You'll be able to rent all the CPU cycles, RAM and =
storage you'll ever need a la carte.  This is probably Adobe dipping =
their toes in.  And I'm glad they're not deep-sixing the old way just =
yet.  I'm happy to watch from the sidelines for a while, and let the =
edge bleeders have at it.


On Dec 21, 2011, at 2:43 PM, Chris Bator wrote:

> I see this as a price increase for me for sure, but I have 2 real =
problems with the subscriptions as a freelancer=85.
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> 1. Maybe I'm just paranoid but I am quite nearly sure that I will be =
somewhere without internet access and on a deadline and my software will =
want to check-in online and will stop me from working until I do=85 I =
will need some sort of guarantee that this will not happen. ever.
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> 2. I need to keep multiple versions around for clients that are stuck =
on older versions=85 I have not seen how will that work.
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> -chris
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> --
> chris bator
> cbator@mac.com=09
> http://www.ui.somebug.com
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbator
> interactive and motion design
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> On Dec 21, 2011, at 12:28 PM, pixelbot@comcast.net wrote:
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>> maybe my math is off but $400 every 18 months seem less than $50 =
every month, and are they going to bill you or automatically charge you =
credit card - so some finance charges may apply (if you don't pay it off =
each month) - I for one don't need another month bill/subscription. I =
hate the every version requirement - I was kind of a every other rev - =
mostly because I work with people who stay on old versions because they =
are comfortable - I had a artist friend that stayed on 6.5 well into 8.
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>> timt
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>> From: "Gary Berendsen" <gary@garyberendsen.com>
>> To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 11:07:09 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AE] Adobe's new upgrade policy and Creative Cloud =
licensing model
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>> I like the 50 per month as well, especially if that becomes a global =
price.
>> 32 euro at the moment's fine.  Easy to write off as cost and no =
depreciation on the software.
>> I like.
>> So long not there is not a permanent internet connection necessary as =
I do work on stuff at places without connections sometimes.
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>> Gary Berendsen - VFX Generalist
>> http://garyberendsen.com
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