Hi!~
Adobe is coming up with new service call Adobe Creative Cloud whereby you can pay to use the software whenever you need to use the software. Monthly subscription required-around US$ 50 per month. My main question to the users of Corel and all die hard fans of Corel is how this will effect the users and artists of Corel world? Will new artist jump to use Adobe instead of Corel? What are the strength and weakness of cloud service? And strategically lets guess what would be Corel next move? I think this would be fun. What say ye?
Are you opening a BIG can of worms?
At this point of time, the SaaS is untried, though experimented with, mode of marketing, so, who knows. About all you will get, until this marketing mode matures/ages, are emotional opinions. And this mode will change as Adobe (and others) gain experience with the offerings.
There are, both, advantages and dis-advantages. Some of these are:
Advantages:
Lower initial layout of funds for current software.
Up to date software, patched as soon as vendor generates fixes.
Dis-Advantages:
Relies upon a fast/reliable Internet service, from end-to-end.
May be committed to a term contract (i.e.: $50.00/month for two year term with fees for early termination).
Disclaimer:
As of this time, I have not looked into Adobe's Creative Cloud and do not know if there are term contracts and/or if $50.00 a month applies if you just want to use their software for a month and not intend to renew the following month.
Now, this is just what I see from the top of my head. Personally, I have little or no interest in SaaS ihn the areas of my main income. I do know that my mechanic does not rent his tools to work on my car, and I feel that I should own my own software license and have the physical application on my system(s) to accomplish work for my clients. But, as I stated early on, this is an emotional statement.