J M Smith

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Plus Thomas, people in a production environment will not be able to upgrade regularly.  Software has to be tested in that environment to make sure there are no nasty surprises. 

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• J M Smith
• December 06, 2022 20:45
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"Christine Monberg Hi everyone. We have read through all your comments and identified some common misunderstandings, that we will clarify here (and have updated the article above with).  A side not...

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• J M Smith
• December 08, 2022 18:08
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9 December 2022Open Letter From A Digital Technician To Capture One. Wow this is amazing!!! https://openletter.earth/open-letter-from-a-digital-technician-to-capture-one-6cca76e8

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• J M Smith
• December 12, 2022 15:02
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Christopher The “given” is that Axcel will indeed exit from the CO investment. Of course timing is unknown, but an exit usually occurs in the 3 to 5 year time frame. So CO can go public, be acquire...

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• J M Smith
• January 19, 2023 23:17
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Menno, Exactly, however CO spins it is immaterial.  It is in fact a defacto subscription model.  The perpetual model becomes unsustainable for the end user very quickly. So my contention is, if we ...

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• J M Smith
• December 12, 2022 05:33
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Here is a tool to migrate your catalogs with adjustments intact!!! https://cyme.io They have a subscription or perpetual model.  They transfer to and from CO, LR, Luminar, etc... PS. I have no affi...

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• J M Smith
• December 09, 2022 18:09
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Here is my response to a post on Paul Reiffer's FB channel about just read CO's FAQ's"   It reads very similar to Adobe's FAQs as they were transitioning to a subscription only model. Quote: "Light...

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• J M Smith
• December 09, 2022 17:38
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"Guenther Bernhard My answer to Capture One after receiving a refusal of my requesting a refund for my C1 23 license." I spoke with my credit card company and they have no issue reversing the charg...

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• J M Smith
• December 08, 2022 20:27
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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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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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