Comments on: Please, Adobe…Can We Have Crossplatform Licensing?

By: Bill Beckman

Bill Beckman — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:59:06 +0000

I was told by two different reps at Adobe that they have it available but they don’t advertise it. Other reps… same company mind you, say they don’t have that available. Now I have heard of a single crossover, but you have to disable from one platform before they give you the code for the second platform.

That leads me to believe that it is just a matter of the serial code that is issued with the software.

By: Ann O'Neamus

Ann O'Neamus — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:28:29 +0000

Yes yes yes!!

To run CS5 on my Macbook laptop I have to start up Parallels and run windows in a virtual machine. This is silly, inefficient, and – worse for Adobe – every time I do it, I shout angrily at Adobe for their unnecessarily restrictive practices.

I can’t see why they have this restriction other than perhaps it’s to do with the backend of their licensing system which can’t cope with managing authentication for the separate platforms. Their official excuse, that there are separate development costs, is just lame.

By: steroids

steroids — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:35:05 +0000

I would be all for it. I’ve got a PC at work and a MacBook at home. It would make things a lot easier.

By: PB

PB — Wed, 27 May 2009 06:23:36 +0000

I agree! I use both platforms between work and home. I want to buy CS4 now and load it on my HP laptop, however, what if I’d like to get a Mac (and I do) for home within the next year. Why should I have to purchase the software again?

By: steroids

steroids — Wed, 27 May 2009 06:09:11 +0000

It’s really necessary that cross platform licensing is used for Adobe, and it can contribute good results to the output. Thanks for the post.

By: P Steeper

P Steeper — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:58:16 +0000

I’d certainly like cross platfrom licensing. I have a PC desktop and Mac laptop. I do not like waiting for Parallels to boot so I can run a PC app.
I belong to the ASN partners program which provides both Mac and PC licenses for CS4 but it doesn’t help me with Lightroom.

By: Joel Wires

Joel Wires — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:14:58 +0000

I would be all for it. I’ve got a PC at work and a MacBook at home. It would make things a lot easier.

Consider my name on the petition.

By: LuisRM

LuisRM — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:24:31 +0000

@Caleb Clauset

What you said is true, but not for individuals. “Adobe’s volume licensing programs offer corporations, creative agencies, government and education entities, and small to midsize businesses membership.”

I’d imagine they couldn’t provide you with two discs, one PC and one Mac for fear of resellers, but obviously Quark has figured it out for the individual user. Maybe CS5 with an upgrade plan?

By: Jochen F. Uebel

Jochen F. Uebel — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:17:08 +0000

@Richard:
Check out InDesign 6 (CS4). Problem resolved.

By: jr

jr — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:25:07 +0000

I’ve been suggesting this for years. Restricting me to a single platform due to Adobe’s marketing program (read greed) just sucks.

Here’s hoping Quark shakes the opposition by the tail (and I never thought I would say this, going by Quark’s historic arrogance).