01-16-2013, 04:31 AM
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Adobe give-away
Has anyone else seen that Adobe are making Creative Suite 2 available for free download, complete with serial numbers?
While there may be some problems running these on newer systems, and some bits will require Rosetta, but it's an intriguing gesture. http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html Acrobat 8 is a Universal Binary, for instance, so should run on Lion and above, though there might be some issues. Last edited by benwiggy; 01-16-2013 at 04:34 AM. |
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01-16-2013, 05:28 AM
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Indeed only the other week a G5 user installed the full CS2 suite.
They only had ID and PS....they were very happy to get AI and Acrobat for free. It is a strange but welcome move by Adobe especially for my Windows XP offices who can now install PS on their machines for no cost ! |
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01-17-2013, 11:50 PM
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I read that Adobe's server that checked serial numbers doesn't work, was retired, or something along those lines. They posted the software so that those who paid for it and are still using it can reinstall if they need to.
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01-18-2013, 04:10 PM
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This is true. According to Adobe, you still need a valid serial number. Just the activation will no longer function.
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01-19-2013, 12:26 PM
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But they've posted the serial numbers along side the download links. It doesn't affect me, as my hardware is too new to use most of it effectively (and I've paid for CS6), but they have in essence said "here's the software; here's the serials" and posted it on the internet. That's pretty much the definition of giving it away. And once that's out there, you can't take it back, as you can bet that the pages have been mirrored and archived. Last edited by benwiggy; 01-19-2013 at 12:29 PM. |
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01-19-2013, 10:42 PM
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Yes, true. But, from what I read, Adobe did this to benefit those who bought the software in the past, not for anyone else who happens to come along and download it now. |
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01-20-2013, 03:31 AM
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Given the age of the software (and the hardware it runs on) it's unlikely Adobe cares all that much. Everything there is at least 3 major versions old.
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01-20-2013, 10:02 AM
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For one brief moment, I though Adobe was pretty cool.
Then I saw the official statement by Dov Isaacs on behalf of Adobe, and I was right back to despising Adobe as the company responsible for sucky, performance-killing flash and bloated acrobat reader. In the end, it boils down to a fiasco. If they didn't intend to release it for free, then they look like idiots by their implementation. And if they don't really care because it's so old, by not making it officially free, and indeed making crooks out of the curious by explicitly saying it isn't free, they squandered a huge pr opportunity. Despite that, if Adobe says it isn't free, people shouldn't pirate it just "because they can". |
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