Digital BW, The Print

I  must agree with this. The way we make our living, the imaging industry,
has moved quantum leaps ahead because innovative thinkers have the rightful
expectation of rewards for their efforts. Adobe continues to produce fine
software, without which I could not make a living. Historically, their
innovations have benefited the industry as a whole, to wit: their leadership
in pdf workflow, the universal acceptance of Adobe 1991 RGB as a standard
color space, etc., etc. Yes, their software commands a premium price ...
because it is good. IMHO, if you can't recoup the cost of software with
hours billed in the first week to ten days of use, you need to seek another
line of work. If you are a hobbyist, it's your decision to spend the money
at market rates. And yes, back to BW printing ( a pursuit that would not
exist without innovative entrepreneurs moving their goods and services to
the marketplace). Developers  build their products and they take their
chances. Welcome to the world of business. Have a nice day.
Kindest regards,
Joe


  Alright this is getting pathetic already.  Without the expectation of
  adequate returns, direct or indirect, a for-profit company will not and
  should not invest capital, monetary or human.  Do you long for some sort
of
  Utopia where everyone works for some mystic common good and everyone else
  magically pulls their weight also?  Of course Adobe has an expectation
that
  setting a common standard will create a platform for opportunity.  Take
some
  time out, read Atlas Shrugged and get off the can.  If the standards
  proposed are good they will be adopted.  If Adobe is able to exert an
  influence through product leadership that means the standards get adopted
  then good on them.  If the standards proposed by Adobe are of no value
then
  they will not be adopted by manufacturers or they will be amended until
they
  are.

  Please - back to B&W printing...



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