I Remember Illustrator 88

[Doug Habben]

I still have the free T-shirt that came with the $50 upgrade to version 3. I have used every version for commercial and personal purposes since then (except 9, which sucked balls). I have written plug-ins since version 6. I'm a fan.

Now, I am old, retired and can no longer justify the monthly subscription expense for only occasional (but still enjoyable) use.

Is there any chance Adobe might have or initiate a graybeard appreciation subscription rate or do I just need to go back to CS3 on an ancient Mac?

RIP Mr. Warnock

[kglad]

cs2, cs3 and cs4 can no longer be activated.

and it's doubtful that anything you, and the many others with adobe business advice, post will impact adobe's business decisions.

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in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post if it helps you get responses.

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[Doug Habben]

Well you're just a little ray of sunshine, aren'tcha?

So, when I saw your note, I launched CS2, CS3 and CS5, and I can even run AI 8 in OS9 "Classic" mode on a OSX 10.4 Mac, so, there's that. Thanks Adobe, I guess.

As far as: "impact adobe's business decisions", Like I said, RestInPeace Mr. Warnock.

Thanks for sharing,

-dh

[kglad]

if they already activated (from past years), they continue to work. you just can no longer install and activate. that is that.

and you're welcome.

[Peru Bob]

This is a user to user forum with only occasional participation by Adobe employees, however, those Adobe employees who do show up here are not the ones that make such decisions.