Upgrade Policy Change: One Version To Rule Them (You!) All

Just received a phone call from an Adobe representative, asking why our office didn't upgrade en masse from CS4 to either CS5 or CS5.5. (Our answer was of course "we didn't like the new features & we're happy to stick to CS4 until something better comes along.") She warned us, though, that Adobe's long-standing policy of allowing a two-version spanning upgrade is about to change, and to qualify for the as-yet hypothetical CS6 we need to upgrade our site license first.
Add your opinion below, please.

Made up a table today on all the costs and the best way forward for myself.
Option 1
Illy and Photoshop CS2
Upgrade price for both of these is a combined total of €398
If I don't upgrade these two now - and want to buy them in the future it will cost me €1388.
And I don't think I'll need to upgrade Photo or illy CS5 after this upgrade. Literally only doing it so I don't have to pay full price.
InDesign CS5
I should be able to update InDesign CS5 to Cs6 (if Cs6 has tools necessary)
Approx €119
But that won't be for another 12 months or so (any word on release date?)
Option 1 Totals
I'm looking at over the next year
€398
Followed by updating InDesign again for CS6 @ €119
Totaling
€517
Option 2
Design Standard Suite
The other option is to use the Upgrade offer to upgrade to Design Standard Suite.
That will cost €799 (using the Upgrade price and InDesign CS5 as the upgrade option)
I should be able to upgrade that Suite for €299 in the future.
Option 2 totals
€799
Then pay again for an upgrade to CS6 @ €299
Totaling
€1098
I could in theory SKIP CS6! So that would keep me at €799.
Upgrade to CS7 (if it's released) in 2015(ish)
Frankly
I'm better off upgrading Photoshop and Illy now - actually don't need Photoshop CS5 at all? So I could go with just Illustrator for now
Upgrade Illy for €199
Upgrade InDesign to CS6 for €119 (hopefully)
That should put my costs at €318
Pray
I just have to pray I don't need Photoshop CS5! Or I'll be paying €689 for that.
Might be best to play it safe and upgrade Photoshop too then @ €199
Putting me back at €398 for this quarter
Then another €119 when I want to upgrade InDesign (should I choose I need CS6).
Where Adobe have gone wrong (imo)
It's unfair to ask people to upgrade to CS5.5 now and then have to upgrade again in a few months time (to CS6)
This is where I think Adobe got it wrong. I feel that people will upgrade to CS5 for their CS2, CS3, CS4 titles.
But I don't think they'll bother upgrading to CS6 after only a short time on CS5. I know I won't be upgrading Illy or Photoshop for a long time after this.
I think Adobe are shooting themselves in the foot here.
Which brings me back to the "Original Letter" posted at the start of this discussion.
I even more whole heartedly agree with Scott's letter. And I hope Adobe takes notice.

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Upgrade Policy Change Catch 22

Simplified pricing; ya you are doing this to help me out. Typical Verizon nonsense with some not so cleaver scam wording. No one actually believes you are making this policy change to simplify anything, it's targeted to hurt customers and make more money. I said it years ago when the CDMA iPhone rumor started it would be nothing but trouble for those of us who don't want that Apple garbage. Now its here, soccer moms, over privileged high school kids, and stupid hipsters rejoice while the rest of us suffer. I have taken a bunch of bandwidth tests and saved screenshots on my Droid X just so I can get a lawyer and sue your company when my service degrades due to this nonsense. Your network nodes in the CT/NY area already have problems handling the current load, never mind all the rats coming over from the AT&T ship. They should just stay there as the quality of iOS matches the quality of AT&T's service.
This rant however is not about the garbage iPhone. If people are smart they will wait till June when Apple releases the iPhone 5 4g LTE, but again I would not call iPhone users smart so I am sure Verizon will make a killing off of people buying year old technology at new technology prices. I only mention the iPhone because its the reason I have lost my early upgrade option.
My problem with this change is that those of us who are grandfathered in for one last early upgrade now get to face a catch 22. Per the terms of the early upgrade I have to sign another two year contract, something that has not bothered me for the past 10 years I have been with Verizon because they have always let me upgrade a year later, even with a two year agreement. It is NO LONGER worth signing a two year agreement with Verizon. Who keeps a smartphone for more then a year?
From a financial standpoint, paying the extra $70 up front when I buy a new phone so that I am on a one year contract and thus can upgrade every 10 months for a discounted price makes far more sense. The problem is that I can not go to a one year contract and take my last early upgrade. Again, the terms of the early upgrade state I need to sign a two year agreement.
What this means is I have to wait another year and a half for the full 24 months to run out before I can get a phone at an upgrade price, or upgrade in six months with my last early upgrade but then be stuck with that phone for 20 months unless I want to pay $600 for a new device.
For those who say Verizon is loosing money with people early upgrading your delusional. Below is one source and one example, but there are many more out there just use google.
http://gizmodo.com/229664/iphone-only-costs-250-to-make-rest-of-price-is-fanboy-tax
I have seen new numbers that state the iPhone 4 actually costs around $200 to make, because while technology has gotten better, its also gotten cheaper since the original iPhone release. Even if you include R&D costs, they are still making a killing on full retail price phones. There is no reason to assume that all the smartphones they sell have a similar markup.
Furthermore, don't forget the money they are making on service, those hidden fees they throw in on your bill, and ALL THE BLOATWARE. That's right, they are making money off of the spam they force on your phone like Amazon MP3, NFL, Blockbuster, Skype, etc. When does it end? Whats even worse is that If I pay full price for my phone I still have their bloatware installed, which can't be removed. So they are double dipping by making money off of bloatware and then charging me full price for a phone. YOU CHARGE ME FULL PRICE FOR A PHONE AND STILL ADD BLOATWARE I CAN'T REMOVE THAT YOU MAKE MONEY ON BY PUTTING ON MY PHONE! Why should you make a dime off of the device if I am the one paying full retail? You should not make money on bloatware if I pay full retail price.
I should not have to get stuck in a two year contract again to use my last early upgrade. You have made changes to your policy that now prevents me form upgrading every year like I have always had available in the past. You are saying you grandfathered me in for one last upgrade but that upgrade forces me into this new total nonsense policy.

@dunkinh
"Since you're so much smarter than us iPhone users, I'm sure you make enough money to buy phones at retail. Then you can upgrade whenever the heck you want. "
Oh you can count on that; but I work for it unlike most of the iPhone hipsters that get it from their parents. Notice most of the threads on this forum asking about upgrades are kids? I am fairly sure if you crack that sucker open it says Fisher Price somewhere on the inside, which is why the iPhone is sealed.
@Grothka
Is says your device is a HTC Droid Eris. I don't know its current state, but that phone scores ~65 points higher on quadrent benchmarks after the bloatware is removed. That may not seem like much but considering the phone get a dismal score of ~210 stock, the jump you get in 65 points really means a boost in performance by around 30%. That performance increase you get by removing the bloatware is more noticeable on older droids that have less RAM and slower processors. Apps like CityID and Verizon Backup are always running whether you use them or not, which sucks phone resources. Bloatware does make a difference, unless you have rooted and removed it you have no idea how much it DOES effect your phone.
Nothing in your reply explains why VZW gets to make money off of bloatware [which they undeniably do] when you buy your phone full retail price. It has been said they have pre installed applications [bloatware] installed to subsidize the cost they have to pay when they give you a discounted phone. First that's a crock, they never loose money on a phone, even discounted but I will admit they are not making as much as full price. Bloatware is extra revenue, not income needed to offset their discounted phone price. Again, if you buy a phone at full price then why would they need to offset anything with bloatware as there is no loss in a phone discount. My point is they are going to make money off of bloatware regardless of what price the phone sells at, that's why its on there in the first place. It has nothing to do with keeping phone costs down, that's another Verizon LIE.
"They have no reason to allow you to get a 1 year contract on the EU as you have been made aware of all the changes that have been made."
Have you gotten a call, text, or letter from Verizon? I still have not been made aware of this officially. No one I know has. There is no post on the VZW website, no information, etc. They tried to SNEAK this by customers and keep it hush hush. They still are for that matter and probably will never make an official announcement. The only way we know is some VZW employee leaked information on the net.
As for what "we" have been told, nothing is official. Honestly, do you really trust these reps? In my 10 years with Verizon I have been told so much wrong information I no longer listen to a word they say. These forums are PROOF. How many posts with misinformation regarding the iPhone upgrade have you seen? That's ONE example. I have 10 years worth of them.
The simple fact is that it effects EVERY two year contract holder. Does that seem like a minority? The MAJORITY of people hold two year contracts with Verizon. That means they do one of two things, upgrade every two years and get $50 off with the every two or upgrade after 13 months and get discounted pricing. If you are a two year contract holder it was one of those two no matter what they say. Therefore, I state again this effected every two year contract holder whether they realize it or not. How is that a minority? When your kid falls down and skins their knee you don't freak out, tell them its all right, and send them back to play. If you don't do that they cry like hell. Is it really alright? No they are bleeding and injured. The point is that Verizon is doing the same thing "Oh its alright, this is not a bad thing, its simplified pricing, it only effects a minority and not you." They can shove it up their ... it effects every two year contract holder.
Per terms and agreement, if you did not take an early upgrade you got an every two discount; one way or the other you got something. With that gone how does that only effect a minority? Its just more Verizon **bleep** word games.
@Wsuraider09
Oh I have NO plans on switching; everything you said is totally true. I never said it wasn't. What I am going to do is be a thorn in their side letting everyone know they are screwing customers. If enough people complain, things will change. We would not be dealing with this if that stupid kids toy of an iPhone was not being released on VZW.
BTW as for a lawsuit due to network overload: http://tinyurl.com/5wloat7
We have several legs to stand on, not just one. Don't even start with me about legal issues. When I see a slowdown in my service this Feb 12th, they are going to get sued. Have you have been around long enough to member the Motorola V710 lawsuit? Remember that outcome? I think we did alright. My name is somewhere in that legal document.
They want to play games, we can play games back. I am not like this till some tries to tell me "its no big deal" and then screw me out of money. I am not rich, I work 60+ hour work weeks on an ambulance being exposed to all sorts of garbage to be able to live comfortable. These over privileged executives that have a laissez-faire "let them eat cake" attitude can go sit on fence and spin.

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Dear Bongani,
i found something for this Error i hope it help:
Zusammenfassung
Symptom
In the connection setting step or database selection step, the following error dialog appears: "Upgrade SAP Business One from version xxx is not allowed. Contact your SAP business partner for support."
Other terms
Upgrade Wizard, Upgrade Path, Restriction
Reason and Prerequisites
Application error
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Just thought you guys may be interested in the latest development in Verizon's move to make everyone angry. Apparently they plan on ditching annual upgrades and no longer giving the additional NE2 discount for those eligible on contracts started after Jan 16th. They better ramp up their OS update testing otherwise a lot of people aren't going to be happy with keeping a phone for 2 years with slow updates.
http://www.androidcentral.com/verizon-changing-its-upgrade-policy-youll-have-wait-20-months-new-phone
[Edited to comply with Terms of Service - removed proprietary image]

PJNC284 wrote:
Just thought you guys may be interested in the latest development in Verizon's move to make everyone angry. Apparently they plan on ditching annual upgrades and no longer giving the additional NE2 discount for those eligible on contracts started after Jan 16th. They better ramp up their OS update testing otherwise a lot of people aren't going to be happy with keeping a phone for 2 years with slow updates.
http://www.androidcentral.com/verizon-changing-its-upgrade-policy-youll-have-wait-20-months-new-phone
[Edited to comply with Terms of Service - removed proprietary image]
[Edited to comply with Terms of Service]
Let me go ahead and post the text from that image, which is not a ToS violation:
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Overview
Verizon Wireless is simplifying the equipment upgrade policy for customers. Beginning January 16th, 2011, customers will be eligible for promotional pricing as well as special offers that we make available. Changes include retirement of the following programs:
- Annual Upgrade: Customers on 2-yr contracts will no longer be able to upgrade in months 13-20 of their 24 month contract as a standard policy.
- New Every Two (NE2): Customers will no longer be enrolled in NE2 at the time of activation/upgrade after January 16th.
Remember, both of these programs are for customers on 2-year contracts only. So customers on 1-year contracts are not impacted by these changes.
This training will help you understand the changes and provide you helpful information when explaining them to our customers.
Please feel free to edit your original post if you want to copy/paste the above, PJ.

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Sorry if this is a repeat, but I've been surfing Dolby 5.1 topics here for hours and I can't find anything that fits my question precisely. Here's the deal:
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laps.
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time)
I know I could create link to exes but I would like to avoid
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user would select a demo to view and only that demo would be shown
in the time “progress” bar at the bottom of the screen?
And that at the end of the demo would go back to the main title
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We love the program so far but we really are hoping that this
can be done.
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Hi Michael
I would like to make an interface screen that would auto launch
so that the user would have a choice of what demonstration they
would like to see. Ultimately we would like the final project to be
an exe
Have you explored the companion MenuBuilder application for
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Not sure I follow you there. Anything that offers an ability
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The issues with this is that now I can access the progress
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here for Captivate Player. Fellow Adobe Community Expert Paul
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Again I'm confused. EXE files are normally presented in their
own player and not inside a browser.
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@Henweigh99,
I can't quite put my finger on why, but I get a little bit of "code smell" from this approach. Maybe it's because using a global join table for all relationships is counter to every app and example I've ever seen. I'm also wondering if some many-to-many relationships might be made more confusing (which is the parent and which is the child might not be clear cut), and keeping consistent throughout your application might be a challenge.
I can see wanting to remove some of the "noise" of all the individual join tables typically found in databases. Personally, however, I prefer to let the database do as much of the "heavy lifting" as possible, including managing the referential integrity.
Are all of your relationships many-to-many? If some are one-to-many, you can use a foreign-key column in the child tables that stores the primary-key of the parent table - and the database can still manage referential integrity. That may reduce the need for some of the join tables.
Regardless, if you decide to proceed with the global join table you need to make absolutely sure your indexes on that table are tuned properly or you'll likely take a performance hit.
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