Seriously Liam, I really don’t care about what you have or haven’t done in the past, because if we consider this as ground-zero, then none of what came before now counts for anything. All I care about is the problem Adobe have created, as it is NOW, and how to deal with both it and the fall-out from it. It’s only what we do next that matters, because we don’t have the luxury of time to reflect on the history of the product’s development and various people’s contributions to it. As I said, I don’t care if it would have been 15mths and is now 24mths, because that doesn’t make the situation appreciably better for the small partner with many clients. The existential threat to their business is essentially the same, and Adobe should not be given any brownie-points for increasing the EOL from insane to ridiculous, and should be given no leeway on a 12week EOS notice, which is unconscionable given the partner relationship. I believe that it should be 2years to EOS and 4years to EOL, in line with the sort of notice companies such as Microsoft would typically provide on Line-of-Business products, but others may disagree. However, regardless of what the ‘correct’ values are, my view is quite simply that if it takes the threat or commencement of class-action litigation to get Adobe’s attention, so be it. I also don’t believe my suggestion that Adobe would not likely be influenced to change their decision if the commissions were tinkered with, was particularly outlandish or warranted your rebuke – or are you perhaps suggesting that they would? I don’t mind if you think my posts are not constructive or demonstrate a ‘poor attitude’, as that’s entirely your prerogative, but I really DO mind when I am told what I can or can-not say, particularly given the lack of input from Adobe. Clearly that was reflected in my previous post – something I should have perhaps not posted while still so annoyed. If you are under Adobe NDA and can’t contribute, then people will understand if you don’t post anything. But to sit there and criticize others who are not privy to the details you seem to indicate you are, and who are thus forced to guess and hypothesize, is just a bit rich – so please stop it. So, how about you just allow people to vent and express their anger, thoughts, opinions, suggestions, and discuss the problem they are now confronted with, as forums are intended to.
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