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Adobe can suck my cock: problem number 234,897,456
WMD:
--- Quote from: sjor ---Also if you think about it, Photoshop & Illustrator has been programmed for PPC since it started.
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Photoshop was first released in 1990 for 68k Macs.
--- Quote from: sjor ---And because of how it's built, they cannot do a straight forward conversion. They have to build it from scratch,
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If by that you're talking about the PPC-specific code...well, what's stopping them from porting the x86 code from the Windows version?
worker201:
--- Quote from: WMD ---If by that you're talking about the PPC-specific code...well, what's stopping them from porting the x86 code from the Windows version?
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That's something Microsoft would do. Well, I guess Adobe isn't that different!
I understand, I guess, if they want to do a good job at putting it together. But I still don't understand why they are sticking to their standard release cycle. CS1 and CS2 are never going to work on Intel-Macs. The universal support will be built into CS3 only. So I am basically forced to upgrade a program in order to continue using it. I am pretty happy with the way CS1 works, and I don't really want to pay all the money to buy a newer version. But I (and others) are being railroaded. That's my biggest complaint - I can wait for software. But I hate being forced to upgrade against my will.
Orethrius:
Worker, as much as I hate to say this, I've about had enough of people complaining about corporate politics then taking a passive stance in them. My suggestions:
1. Use an alternative program. There's always Corel, GIMP, and so on - even Blender can do some of the "spiffy" effects found in Adobe products. Odds are you'll have to use more than one tool in a "suite" formation, but those are the breaks.
2. Contribute to an open-source program, or seek employment at Adobe. Either way, fix the problem from the inside - whining to developers only demoralises them and convinces them that further work is not "worth it".
3. Seek societal relief - some of the actions these corporations are taking ARE NOT legal in the first place, and it's high time they got nailed for bad behaviour. You've already taken a big step in that direction by coming here, but what else have you done? Is your PC running GIMP on Linux, or are you still stuck with Photoshop on Windows through some perceived limitation? I say "perceived" mostly because you'd be surprised what some FOSS (not necessarily all, but definitely some) can do when you put your mind to it.
4. Bend over and take it up the tailpipe like everyone else. While this is the least recommended course of action, if you don't take any proactive stance in favour of competing viewpoints, this is what will either actively or passively happen to you.
worker201:
--- Quote from: Orethrius ---Worker, as much as I hate to say this, I've about had enough of people complaining about corporate politics then taking a passive stance in them. My suggestions:
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Wow. Okay, I didn't mean to sound like a whiner. I was just kinda upset about the whole situation, and wanted to let people know what was up.
After a few rounds of introspection, I realized that I hadn't really done enough to break Adobe's stranglehold on the vector graphics market. So thanks for that little kick in the ass.
FYI, I use gimp on Linux and OSX.
Orethrius:
--- Quote from: worker201 ---Wow. Okay, I didn't mean to sound like a whiner. I was just kinda upset about the whole situation, and wanted to let people know what was up.
After a few rounds of introspection, I realized that I hadn't really done enough to break Adobe's stranglehold on the vector graphics market. So thanks for that little kick in the ass.
FYI, I use gimp on Linux and OSX.
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heh, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to break your balls here. It just gets really old when people start talking about these kinds of things without doing anything, ya know? Besides, it looks like you're doing quite a bit as it is, so don't think those last few words were levelled exclusively at you. ;)
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