How to Replace Creative SuitePosted 2 weeks ago
Adobe, a mainstay of Macintosh software publishing, announced today they will no longer be offering traditional software licenses for future versions of 15 professional creative applications. After June 17, apps like Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver will receive upgrades only through Creative Cloud, Adobe’s subscription-based platform for creative professionals. Although by no stretch of the imagination do I consider myself a “creative professional,” I have have been using Adobe products since Photoshop 2.5–which I received with a scanner I purchased in about 1994. Over the years I’ve found it useful for producing graphics for the web and I’ve also used Illustrator, PageMaker/InDesign, Dreamweaver, and Acrobat Pro. However, each of these products has been more powerful than I’ve needed and given the prohibitive cost of upgrading (as I recall, Creative Suite 2 and Creative Suite 4 each set me back around $700) I’ve not been purchasing Adobe software for about 5 years. Instead, I’ve found a number of alternative applications that work well for me at a far lower cost. Also, since they all offer a traditional, perpetual license, I pay for them one time and decide for myself when I want to pay for an upgrade. Generally speaking, the replacements I’ve chosen below for Adobe products are suitable for individuals and small businesses. There are others that have a need to continue working with Adobe products, but those that don’t will likely find that these apps meet their needs quite well.
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The Hosting Behemoth You May Never Have Heard OfPosted 3 weeks ago
I certainly hadn’t heard of them before last Friday. I can’t remember why (Update: I’d gotten an affiliate payment from them) I had done a Google search for “Endurance International Group” and ended up on their website, but that’s when I found they were the company behind some of the best known web hosts in the world. Today I was talking with a rep from one of my domain registrars and he encouraged me to send feedback to their parent company. You guessed it: Endurance International. Wikipedia says the company owns 54+ brands, most of which you probably have heard of. I’m guessing that the quality of service that you receive from each of the brands will differ, but I wonder if they get better or worse by being associated with the others? |
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