Digital BW, The Print

Jimbo, 
It's nice to be able to let things roll, but it's not always that simple!
Being involved in what is becoming more and more obvious as a different way of handling files, but with pretty much
the same end results, and without knowing all the details, including cost changes, is not so easy when the possibility 
of raised rates, which can be 3 times as much as the first year, are possible.  The complication comes because many people don't
want to invest a full year in learning a bunch of new methods to accomplish basically, the same things they've been doing
with various Adobe products up to now.  Perhaps you have the time to play it all out, but many of us don't have the time 
to be so non-chalant about it. 
And, have you or any others heard about the time that may be required to re-write a completely crashed (and lost) system that
has to be recovered from the wonderful "Cloud"? This simple process is said to possibly take at least several days.  While I don't
have many details about this possibility , I also can't imagine what I would say to a client who is going to press tonight or tomorrow!
The safety devises for this, are more large capacity external drives, in which case it's begs the question of why one wants to 
bother with the Cloud in the first place!

Clay Price

Jimbo wrote:

Constructively.. and please hear this... I'm a service provider to artists in the arts.. if I change my rate structure and fail to communicate it I'm screwed.. Same way on this scenario.. so my suggestion is to tell the goblins to go to bed and do what you can to enjoy the ride.. I am not suggesting that don't do due diligence but I am suggesting that a lot of noise gets in the way of the ride. So maybe let it play out if you choose to step up..... or just forget the whole adventure if you choose not to.. and you can then figure out your next steps with out Adobe.. It's really that simple..