Some customers, though, aren't happy about the change.Īdobe announced the new upgrade and subscription pricing earlier this month-but the issue started ringing alarm bells for many only yesterday when one authority-Scott Kelby, president of the National Association for Photoshop Professionals-objected in an open letter to Adobe. Red Hat has made it work with Linux and related server software, but Microsoft's enthusiasm for subscription pricing seems to be emerging mostly through online services such as Office 365.Īdobe-a software powerhouse going through a rough patch with layoffs and with Web standards hurting its Flash business-is making a big bet on subscriptions for its Creative Suite (CS) products. Subscription pricing, in which a person gets rights to use software for period payments, has been a mixed success in recent years.
It's time for Photoshop customers to think carefully about how to pay for the software, because Adobe Systems is curtailing upgrade deals to steer people toward a new $600-per-year subscription for a wide range of its products.
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