Sdashiki said:
Why are they keeping GoLive, i thought they dumped it for DW?
Adobe promised a Universal version for GoLive users... they kept their promise. It was non-Adobe people who suggested that there wasn't going to be another version of GoLive.
For me this is all rather quaint... I
needed the upgrade from GoLive 5.0 to 6.0 for Mac OS X, but haven't had any pressing need to continue updating since (I only just got 7.0 along with the Creative Suite a few months ago). It could be quite some time before I have a
need for an Intel native version (though it is nice to know that one exist now) and even longer (like years from now) after that before I reach a point where I would need something else.
The idea of handing software companies money just because they came out with a new version of their software seems a little backwards to me.
Until they honestly have something more compelling than what I already have, what I have already is just fine.
Heavy Doody said:
I've never used GoLive...
Think of it as Dreamweaver and Premiere Elements in one app. I've found the combination (plus the format links to other Adobe apps) to be quite nice.
But beyond that, we all suffer when one app takes over an area of software. I feel most sorry for Dreamweaver users because they mistakenly think that because their app survived they must have
won something. What they have most likely gotten is corporate apathy which comes from the lack of competition. It is the same apathy that Windows users have been left with since the last of the non-Microsoft PC operating systems were produced. Even now, Microsoft would rather attack Linux and other threats to Windows by means of
user lock-in (via file formats) than by actually adding value to their products.
So why didn't Dreamweaver users realize this rather than cheering the demise of GoLive? I offer this exchange from the movie
Men in Black:
Jay: Why the big secret? People are smart, they can handle it.
Kay: A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it.
