I've used Adobe products (Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, etc. etc.) for a long time. And the business plan has for several years moved away from discs for sale, they want to force me to pay a monthly fee for their programs. A hefty fee (except that I work for an .edu institution so there are some price breaks.)

I've designed CD covers for several folks over the years, two or three of them were Mudcatters. I've designed posters and invitations for events where Mudcatters performed. I'm totally annoyed to find this weekend that all of those old files are supposedly "corrupt" now - Adobe doesn't want to support anything over a few years old, and my five-year-old version of InDesign is kaput.

Anyone else finding this to be a problem? There was an update recently that I just let go through - I'm pretty sure that's the one that killed off my software.

What else are you using for document design, image manipulation, PDFs, etc - is anything nearly so robust, or do they have the marketplace in a stranglehold? (Bill D, I'm looking at you . . . )

I'm still happy to offer assistance to cover design, disk design, etc., but it just got a bit more complicated. Now if Adobe makes me pay for it monthly I'll have to use it often enough year round to make it worth the expense.