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		Adobe: We found major security flaws in our software that could compromise your system; don't worry, we'll charge you if you want the patches (news.cnet.com)		16
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chestermania		2012-05-12 03:40:13 PM

Sounds like a commercial for GIMP.

casual disregard		2012-05-12 04:09:11 PM

chestermania: Sounds like a commercial for GIMP.

I prefer paint.net, but GIMP is pretty good, too.

We already had another thread on this which was somehow manufactured into a dig at Microsoft. This has been Adobe's MO for a very long time and it's certainly not the first time they have applied this products. You are simply going to have to accept the fact that if you want to use an Adobe product, you will be forced to upgrade it every couple years.

The only thing I find bizarre is that there are basically zero freeware alternatives to Acrobat Pro. PDF Converter and PDF Fusion are cheaper than Acrobat Pro, but the only freeware PDF editors that seem to exist are the extremely basic "Print-to-PDF" sort of virtual printers. That is basically useless functionality now that many suites like MS Office have it built in.

Ricardo Klement		2012-05-12 04:18:24 PM

Apple is looking less of a bad guy for abandoning flash.

ecmoRandomNumbers		2012-05-12 04:31:45 PM

That's OK. Somebody will have it dissected and hacked and uploaded to Pirate Bay in no time.

Weaver95		2012-05-12 05:32:32 PM

ecmoRandomNumbers: That's OK. Somebody will have it dissected and hacked and uploaded to Pirate Bay in no time.

true enough.

Fano		2012-05-12 06:53:28 PM

Luckily fark doesn't charge for rereading articles.

Software2		2012-05-12 07:01:13 PM

ecmoRandomNumbers: That's OK. Somebody will have it dissected and hacked and uploaded to Pirate Bay in no time.

Since the "patch" is in fact upgrading to CS6, you are correct, good sir.

plaidhat		2012-05-12 07:01:50 PM

Except that they changed their minds about that, subby. Seems the outcry was a bit too much for them to proceed with that policy.

Link

butt-nuggets		2012-05-12 07:08:34 PM

Adobe software always loads like a bloated pig, but you can't live without them

Bschott007		2012-05-12 07:16:59 PM

Repeat, Subby. Repeat, Subby.

Tobin_Lam		2012-05-12 07:26:27 PM

plaidhat: Except that they changed their minds about that, subby. Seems the outcry was a bit too much for them to proceed with that policy.

Link

Yep. I read about them backing off this morning. I was surprised to see this.

0Icky0		2012-05-12 07:33:42 PM

People pay for Photoshop?
Suite!

Herr Flick's Revenge		2012-05-12 07:36:58 PM

Tobin_Lam: plaidhat: Except that they changed their minds about that, subby. Seems the outcry was a bit too much for them to proceed with that policy.

Link

Yep. I read about them backing off this morning. I was surprised to see this.

Why?
The cant afford any more hate.

lewismarktwo		2012-05-12 07:40:49 PM

Or I could just use fotoshoop 7.0... All the good features and none of the bloat. Plus, nigh infinite free plugins, filters and scripts. Content aware? Bullshiat. A little skill and the clone stamp and I'm sitting pretty.

basemetal		2012-05-12 07:53:15 PM

I smell a class action......

rpm		2012-05-12 08:03:49 PM

basemetal: I smell a class action......

How quickly do you think Adobe got the "no class action" bit in after Concepcion vs. ATT. 10 seconds? Or were they that slow?

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