Comment Re:Why steal software? (Score 1) 786
my software delevelopment company just spend several tens of thousands of dollars on licensing and purchasing upgrade maintenance on all of our adobe products for several international development studios.
why? while expensive, the return on investment our company will see with our artists using adobe products is immense.
yes photoshop is ~$600 dollars, but for a cutting edge design shop that is nothing. adobe, through creation and aquisition, has created the most effective and efficient imaging tools to date. unfortunately, even the best open sourse solutions cannot compete with adobe's high end commercial software. the notion that no one will pay for this type of commercial software is insane.
why? while expensive, the return on investment our company will see with our artists using adobe products is immense.
yes photoshop is ~$600 dollars, but for a cutting edge design shop that is nothing. adobe, through creation and aquisition, has created the most effective and efficient imaging tools to date. unfortunately, even the best open sourse solutions cannot compete with adobe's high end commercial software. the notion that no one will pay for this type of commercial software is insane.
