J Hill Designs
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audition was cool edit pro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Audition
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Free CS2 Either individually or as a package from Adobe
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genericname
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Ah, well there we go. Had no idea they were actually selling it under the CS banner though. That's just weird.
genericname
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Serials are all listed on the download page.
genericname
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It's been blowing up on every tech website out there today. It was even listed on forbes.com, so I'm guessing it's gotten a little out of control by the moment
This is really smart of them. There's been no press release, though the official intent seems to have had something to do with deprecating their old authentication servers.
I wouldn't doubt that the real reason is a two-fold "first one's free" and "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" strategy. If people can get free, legal, official software with no virii, even older versions of it, they will. Adobe cuts major traffic from pirates this way, and gives users a taste of legitimacy while doing it. The added bonus to them is that there's also a significant base of people who don't want to pirate, but also can't afford the official software, so they also take away the steam from clone projects like GIMP and Inkscape, which means fewer projects for them to buy out in the future. Win win.
The Vector Doctor
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Maybe not what they intended?.....
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4974662
No official statement from Adobe yet
According to what I am reading this was only intended for previous owners of cs2 software.
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4974662
No official statement from Adobe yet
According to what I am reading this was only intended for previous owners of cs2 software.
genericname
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Read this elsewhere too. Won't work on any of the newer Intel models. Has more to do with Apple ditching their cross-platform compatibility mode though. The original Intel based Macs had Rosetta to take care of PowerPC programs, but they trashed it with Lion. Lame.
genericname
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Wow.
Their response so far is just embarrassing. They made publicly accessible links to all of the software, with universal serials posted alongside those links, accompanied by no explanation, allow media everywhere to go crazy over without intervening, and then wag a finger, saying "ah ah, you weren't allowed to click on that" afterwards. Pfft.
That's like a bank leaving cash all over the sidewalk, and chastising people the next day for not depositing it with them after they picked it up.
I certainly hope they do the right thing and see this as the opportunity it really is. Someone's getting fired though, that's for sure.
CES020
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Yeah, what do you bet those activation servers are turned back on That was their whole reasoning, that their activation servers were going offline for CS2, so they made it public in case someone had an issue with their existing license of it. With probably a million downloads yesterday, they might want to fire that puppy back up if that is what their intent was, rather than giving it away for free.
That was their whole reasoning, that their activation servers were going offline for CS2, so they made it public in case someone had an issue with their existing license of it. With probably a million downloads yesterday, they might want to fire that puppy back up if that is what their intent was, rather than giving it away for free.genericname
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Yeah, what do you bet those activation servers are turned back on
That would only result in a huge swath of piracy as a direct response. I certainly don't think they want to adopt the litigation-based business model of the record and movie industries. I would hope not anyway, not over a piece of software that's been obsolete for five generations. That would be a one way ticket to User Base 0.
TheSnowman
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It is only for Power PC, but you can just install Rosetta from your Snow Leopard install disk under "extras" if I remember right, and you'll be able to run it. It's not that it can't run on the Intel, it's that they don't have the same software to install the older stuff.
When I got my new iMac last year, I was ticked that I couldn't run my older version of Final Cut Pro that I shelled out big bucks for back in the day, and after a little research, that was the work around. It runs it fine, just had to put Rosetta on it to install it.
When I got my new iMac last year, I was ticked that I couldn't run my older version of Final Cut Pro that I shelled out big bucks for back in the day, and after a little research, that was the work around. It runs it fine, just had to put Rosetta on it to install it.
genericname
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What about on Lion? They state that's where they pulled support. Does that mean they put in roadblocks to disallow the installation, or they just won't take support calls, but you can still install it?
knucklehead
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Thanks for the link. I'm downloading now. 0921 EST
TheSnowman
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I installed Rosetta into Lion, so yea, you should be fine. The installer works fine to install Rosetta, and once you get that installed, you can install old "Power PC" software.
Border
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lol