You haven't worked for my ex-boss! I've seen keyboards, coffee mugs etc. fly through windows, because they weren't following the "corporate look and feel"!


If you got Adobe to produce CS for Linux, it wouldn't allow you to switch to OS X, Windows, BSD etc. at a later date.

Mac user, was he?



It would let you, but you'd have to pay double.

What would be nice is if the license key was cross-platform, so that you just need to get the installation media and use the key you paid a few grand for on the OS of your choice as long as it is only installed on one platform at any one time, I don't see what the problem is.

Now, you see, the problem with your suggestion is that it's based on what's known as "common sense", not something a lot of these places are blessed with when it comes to dealing with their long-suffering customers.

This is true and it is why the future is open source! If GIMP was a match for Photoshop, I wonder how Adobe would respond!

Its probably true,,but then are MS, HP, Sony et al "driven by Money"? I rather doubt that its much different in all these blue-chip companies: they are fundamentally product, rather than bottom-line led.
Having said that the phrases "fiduciary responsibility" and "Shareholder Value" became (and likely still are) paramount during the recent boom. These two innocent-sounding mottos actually mean a world of pain for us all, as they are very much about gouging as much profit for as little investment as is possible. That includes Apple. The outcome of all this is that corporations are now seriously into cutting as many corners as they can (hence all the "offshored" support etc) irrespective of the effect on customers. As long as you can get away with it, do it. Apple are no different.

What I am highlighting is that eternal tension between the "enthusiasts" and the bean-counters. The Designers, Engineers, Software Developers etc. etc are probably all for making the best possible product but the bean-counters are all about that bottom line: Apple, HP, Sony, Acer...... it makes no difference. What changes is the target market. Are you "boutique" like Apple; mass-market like Acer, or are you solid quality aimed at business like HP?
Depending on the answer to that one you'll make your cases out of Aluminium or steel, custom design, or OEM from ASUS etc. etc.