12-05-2008, 07:59 PM
Adobe lost its soul when the marketing guys (Bruce Chizen, et al.) took over from the engineering guys (Warnock and Geschke). The way they price and bundle their products nowadays really forces you into buying a bunch of stuff you really don't need.
If they want more business, they should make their a la carte pricing more appealing while still preserving at least some respectable discount for buying the bundles they want to push you into. Oh, and actually release compelling products that make people want up upgrade in the first place. CS4 seems pretty solid for the most part, but doesn't exactly jump out as a no-brainer upgrade to me or any of my clients.
Oh, and I hope all my friends working at Adobe survive the cuts!
If they want more business, they should make their a la carte pricing more appealing while still preserving at least some respectable discount for buying the bundles they want to push you into. Oh, and actually release compelling products that make people want up upgrade in the first place. CS4 seems pretty solid for the most part, but doesn't exactly jump out as a no-brainer upgrade to me or any of my clients.
Oh, and I hope all my friends working at Adobe survive the cuts!