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Thanks Beth, Because they can is what I expected. Will Smith Project Officer (Botanical Imaging) Queensland Herbarium Science Delivery Department of Science, IT, Innovation and the Arts (DSITIA) Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha Mt Coot-tha Road, Toowong, Queensland, Australia 4066 Phone: (07) 38969508 -----Original Message----- From: SciArt-L Discussion List-for Natural Science Illustration- [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Beth Croce Sent: Monday, 20 January 2014 9:30 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [SCIART] upgrading and Adobe Hi Will, Jim can probably give a better account but I think the official word is that it's 'the price negotiated with local retailers' or similar mealy mouthed pathetic excuse. Basically, they do it because they can. But there is pushback.... here's one article http://theconversation.com/software-is-officially-a-rip-off-in-australia -so-what-can-you-do-16556 ... and there's more where that came from. As the above article points out, there are some work-arounds, but I'm looking forward to the day when the practice of international price gouging is ended. Beth ____________________________________ Beth Croce, CMI medical artist and director, Bioperspective.com biomedical art, illustration & jewelry On 20/01/2014, at 9:07 AM, Smith Will (Toowong) wrote: Thanks for the info Jim. Do you know why an online copy of Adobe software as well as others should significantly cost more in Australia than in the USA even when currency differences are taken into account? Will Smith Project Officer (Botanical Imaging) Queensland Herbarium Science Delivery Department of Science, IT, Innovation and the Arts (DSITIA) Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha Mt Coot-tha Road, Toowong, Queensland, Australia 4066 Phone: (07) 38969508 -----Original Message----- From: SciArt-L Discussion List-for Natural Science Illustration- [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of James A Perkins Sent: Friday, 17 January 2014 2:21 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [SCIART] upgrading and Adobe In theory, the online "cloud" model of licensing software should actually bring prices DOWN. Software companies have always said that piracy is one of the main reasons for the high cost of software. The development costs are fixed. If fewer people buy it, those costs are are passed on to those of us who actually purchase legitimate copies, while pirates continue to use it for free. The cloud model should take a big bite out of piracy, and Adobe just might pass those savings along to the rest of us. Of course, a cynic would say that Adobe will just pocket the savings as higher profits. It will be interesting to see what happens. Jim On 1/16/14 5:52 PM, "Smith Will (Toowong)" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Does this assume that the nice people at Adobe will not raise the > price > massively in 4 years time when everyone has changed to subscription? > > Will Smith > Project Officer (Botanical Imaging) > Queensland Herbarium > Science Delivery > Department of Science, IT, Innovation and the Arts (DSITIA) Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the instructions at http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv ***************************** Disclaimer ***************************** The contents of this electronic message and any attachments are intended only for the addressee and may contain privileged or confidential information. 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