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Does this mean that you have to store your data in the cloud?
I was forced to the Creative Cloud after last year's hard drive crash. I couldn't install my most recent version of Dreamweaver because I was missing one of the versions in the chain of updates. Mind you, I had paid for that chain of updates. Adobe takes the position that Macromedia never existed and Macromedia's data, including software licenses, went up in smoke when it bought the company. I found a cheaper introductory rate for a year, and after that, I'll have to figure out what I want to do.
The data does not have to stored online, and you can use the programs offline. The programs expire in some mysterious way, though. I'll have to figure that one out too.
Does this mean that you have to store your data in the cloud?
To the best of my knowledge, all it means is that the software becomes subscription-based. Rather than paying for it up front and it's yours forever, you'll need to pay a monthly fee.
Still very sucky, though.
I think this means no more Adobe for me, because I get the web designer's cast offs. Unfortunately what it means for me is going back to Microsoft Publisher.
Why can't you keep using what you have?
Also, I can't get to Astrid today. I had some weird connectivity problems a minute ago and had to release and renew my dhcp leases. Is it a vestige from that, or is it actually down? If it's actually down, I am looking askance at Yahoo.
Hah, complaining about it made it work.
Why can't you keep using what you have?
I can until our publications department upgrades-- I have to use either what they are using (Adobe Indesign) or Publisher in order to use the templates. I was able to convince the IT department to give me Indesign because it was less than $200 and I have been using it for 5 years.
I am assuming that you can't use templates from the cloud on 5 year old Indesign.
I am assuming that you can't use templates from the cloud on 5 year old Indesign
And you can't "save as" to an older version?
You can't in InDesign 5, which is what I have now. I have no idea what they will do with the cloud thing
Well, wouldn't you be in trouble no matter what they upgraded to, subscription or purchase? I mean, if you're not getting the license of the new version, you're SOL somehow.
They will upgrade me with just InDesign, because it is inexpensive (I don't have the whole suite). But I can't imagine they would pay $29 or $39 a month for me to make posters when the other people at my level use word and publisher
