[AZ-Observing] Re: Photoshop price
- From: "Bill VanOrden" <beevo1@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:18:16 -0700
Likely pirated version that was done very well. I wound up buying one
myself a while back.
Beevo
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Photoshop price
Hi,
I bought Photoshop CS3 a few years ago. It came in a box that said Adobe
all over it. The box contained a CD that had a label that looks real.
The CD case has a serial number on it.
When I completely replaced my operating system a few weeks ago
I loaded Photoshop CS3 from a version that I had downloaded
from the Adobe site a few years ago. I entered the Serial Number
but Photoshop would not "Activate". I thought maybe Adobe's system
was remembering that I had previously activated on this machine except
with a different operating system. I called Adobe and they were very
helpful. I also had DreamWeaver that I could not reactivate. They
did whatever they do and then DreamWeaver reactivated and works fine.
That confirmed that their records were showing activation on the previous
operating system I think.
They then checked Photoshop carefully then said the Serial Number was
"invalid".
I said "what precisely do you mean by 'Invalid'" and could not get a
straight
answer. So I thanked them and discontinued the "chat" with them.
I tried to send Email to the place where I had bought the Photoshop package
from but they do not appear to still be in business...
So then, undaunted, I uninstalled Photoshop and reinstalled it from the
CD. It installed from the CD and I entered the Serial Number. It did not
ask me to "Activate". It was ready to go. Works fine.
So, either CD's from Adobe come with a version that does not require
"Activation" -
or - people are selling pirated versions that have been "cracked" at
discount
prices. I was not trying to buy a pirated version. I thought the
seller was legitimate
and I'm still not sure whether I have a pirated version or Adobe's
records are
not entirely complete and accurate.
At this point, I am afraid to try to buy the CS5 "upgrade" from Adobe
because
I don't know whether it would ask for my "invalid" Serial Number and
that the upgrade
would then be reduced to a non-refundable waste of money. :-)
When I worked at Motorola years ago, I had a colleague from Taiwan that said
ANY piece of software at that time could be purchased in Taiwan for
about $2.50.
However, I did not expect to ever encounter any such items.
I'm selling software I wrote so I do not like piracy. I used to say
that I would
know I had "arrived" when my software was pirated. I protected my software
with a software protection package that was developed in Europe by a really
brilliant guy. I found a 26 page treatise on a "cracker" site giving
the details of
some guy's efforts to try to "crack" this system but he was unsuccessful
so I
thought I had employed a really good software protection package...
Well within an year or two I had arrived. :-) "They" "cracked" my
software
even though it is priced at only $39.95. I couldn't imagine anyone
going to all
the trouble for only $39.95. When I discovered that it had been
"cracked", I
added some more "stuff" to make it MUCH more difficult. I've been
afraid to look
now to see if my later versions have been "cracked". :-)
Thanks,
Howard Anderson
http://www.astroshow.com
http://www.azcendant.com
pulind@xxxxx wrote:
>The Adobe website lists the price of Photoshop CS5 as $699. I was
surprised to see several  websites selling it for about $139. What gives
here? The ads said "full version" and didn't mention the word upgrade.Â
-Paul
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