Adobe has responded to complaints about its Creative Suite upgrade prices with a new option for customers who bought earlier versions of the software.
The company, which plans to release its CS6 software bundles in the first half of 2012, had offered upgrades only to those who had bought CS5 or CS5.5. That raised a ruckus, especially after Scott Kelby, president of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, griped about the upgrade pricing in an open letter.
Adobe has now changed course with an upgrade offer for CS3 and CS4 users, too. That offer, though not yet detailed, will run through to the end of 2012. The upgrade pricing is for those who want perpetual licences to Adobe software. But the company is trying to steer people toward a subscription plan that is the backbone of a new service called the Adobe Creative Cloud.
For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Adobe has change of heart for CS6 upgrade pricing on CNET News.
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