In control of one's own destiny? So Apple's innovation is at the mercy of the bigger fish? Doesn't appear that way to me...
Apple doesn't seem to be doing to badly on the interoperablity front right now. There's just not much that I need to do on my Windows machine that I can't do on my Mac.
And who's really getting locked out of a proprietary format? I'm fine with the limited viewing of WMVs on my Mac - there always seems to be a workaround for such limitations. Many translators/hacks for other formats as well...
According to Adobe's product activation information page (emphasis mine):
What happens after I activate Adobe software?
Q:
What effect do you expect activation will have on Photoshop customers?
A:
Most users will see no change in their ability to use the software the way they always have done. Adobe recognizes that software license activation systems can create a few more steps for the user and has worked hard to minimize customer inconvenience. The Adobe activation process supports installation on a primary and secondary PC as well as most system upgrades (e.g. operating system, motherboard, memory or processor). In most cases, customers can change computing environments without needing to contact Adobe Customer Support or needing to re-activate any installed Adobe software.
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In control of one's own destiny? So Apple's innovation is at the mercy of the bigger fish? Doesn't appear that way to me...
Apple doesn't seem to be doing to badly on the interoperablity front right now. There's just not much that I need to do on my Windows machine that I can't do on my Mac.
And who's really getting locked out of a proprietary format? I'm fine with the limited viewing of WMVs on my Mac - there always seems to be a workaround for such limitations. Many translators/hacks for other formats as well...
According to Adobe's product activation information page (emphasis mine):
What happens after I activate Adobe software?
Q:
What effect do you expect activation will have on Photoshop customers?
A:
Most users will see no change in their ability to use the software the way they always have done. Adobe recognizes that software license activation systems can create a few more steps for the user and has worked hard to minimize customer inconvenience. The Adobe activation process supports installation on a primary and secondary PC as well as most system upgrades (e.g. operating system, motherboard, memory or processor). In most cases, customers can change computing environments without needing to contact Adobe Customer Support or needing to re-activate any installed Adobe software.
The previous post was brought to you by Russell Brown, Adobe Systems Inc.
If I said "murder is wrong", and then went out and killed someone, does my statement make me any less guilty?
...then only outlaws will have viruses.