Comments for http://www.abbeyjfitzgerald.com/blog Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:41:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on What’s With This Upgrade? by Martin DIers http://www.abbeyjfitzgerald.com/blog/?p=30#comment-69 Martin DIers Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:41:12 +0000 http://www.abbeyjfitzgerald.com/blog/?p=30#comment-69 Actually, this upgrade put me in a bad mood. Until yesterday, I had assumed that InDesign 5.5 would be file-compatible with 5. I found this was not the case when we had our first customer file come in yesterday. It would be one thing if Adobe changed a reasonably modest fee for this upgrade, but they aren't. It's $300-$400 a seat, depending on which version of CS5 you have. We shouldn't have to tell our customers, "I'm sorry, but we don't have 5.5. Could you export that as an IDML file for us please?" so soon after CS5 came out. This is all pretty outrageous to me, given that 5.5 adds absolutely no functionality to a 5.0 document. Everything is convenience tools, window dressing, more export formats, etc. They could easily find a way to accomodate 5.0 users, but they choose not to. I'm convinced that this is purely a monetary decision. By making 5.5 documents incompatible with 5, they are forcing print shops and service bureaus to fork out more money in the middle of their development cycle. Based upon what I learned doing pricing surveys for Adobe, any savings you get from 5.5->6 won't justify the cost today. They are planning to raise their prices significantly. As it is, they are bound and determined to push everyone into a monthly subscription model that will cost more than buying their software outright, based upon a 24 month upgrade cycle. I expect that people will be shocked at what Adobe wants for CS6 when it comes out. Actually, this upgrade put me in a bad mood. Until yesterday, I had assumed that InDesign 5.5 would be file-compatible with 5. I found this was not the case when we had our first customer file come in yesterday.

It would be one thing if Adobe changed a reasonably modest fee for this upgrade, but they aren’t. It’s $300-$400 a seat, depending on which version of CS5 you have. We shouldn’t have to tell our customers, “I’m sorry, but we don’t have 5.5. Could you export that as an IDML file for us please?” so soon after CS5 came out.

This is all pretty outrageous to me, given that 5.5 adds absolutely no functionality to a 5.0 document. Everything is convenience tools, window dressing, more export formats, etc. They could easily find a way to accomodate 5.0 users, but they choose not to. I’m convinced that this is purely a monetary decision. By making 5.5 documents incompatible with 5, they are forcing print shops and service bureaus to fork out more money in the middle of their development cycle.

Based upon what I learned doing pricing surveys for Adobe, any savings you get from 5.5->6 won’t justify the cost today. They are planning to raise their prices significantly. As it is, they are bound and determined to push everyone into a monthly subscription model that will cost more than buying their software outright, based upon a 24 month upgrade cycle. I expect that people will be shocked at what Adobe wants for CS6 when it comes out.

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