J M Smith

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@Barry Justice I am certainly gone forever. I post here because I am still a “customer “. I transferred all edited files to high quality jpg’s and the KEEPERS to high quality tiff’s and moved to LR.

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• J M Smith
• January 31, 2024 17:39
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Unfortunately for Axcel this is not the way to do a profitable exit. I don’t really shoot weddings, portraits, fashion, or tethered . So I am not in the sweet spot for their ideal customer profil...

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• J M Smith
• January 31, 2024 16:50
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Had CO said we have to move to a subscription model to survive, I would have happily signed up. In reality they should have offered (in parallel to a robust subscription model) a perpetual model th...

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• J M Smith
• January 31, 2024 14:39
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Here is the PetaPixel article entitled: Capture One Lays Off Staff Amid a ‘Significant’ Internal Restructure https://petapixel.com/2024/01/30/capture-one-lays-off-staff-amid-a-significant-internal-...

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• J M Smith
• January 30, 2024 20:49
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woefi That is the gotcha...

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• J M Smith
• October 10, 2023 14:36
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BeO Right now in the US you can purchase a perpetual license for $179.40.  A 40% discount on the normal $299.00.

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• J M Smith
• October 10, 2023 14:01
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Pip The US pricing is $10.44, this reeks of desperation.  I suspect that their customer base didn't just accept the new pricing scheme, and a greater number of COP users than expected, moved on to ...

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• J M Smith
• October 10, 2023 13:36
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All of this drama because of botched messaging. Had CO simply said we cannot remain viable, long term, with a perpetual model.  We must transition to a subscription model so that we have a consiste...

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• J M Smith
• September 22, 2023 00:02
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BeO Hahahahahahaha Yeah just like Adobe did, they will probably at some point announce that Version xxx will be the last perpetual version...  I suspect once they get enough subscribers that is whe...

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• J M Smith
• September 19, 2023 04:23
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BeO I didn't actually do the math in this post, the anaylis is fairly long.  If I can find my previous post where I actually did the analysis I will repost it. 1.  Neither Axcel nor potential buyer...

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• J M Smith
• September 19, 2023 00:40
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