Today, I got an email from Quark extolling the virtues of Quark 8. It was connected to the demo I downloaded a couple of months ago and was to tell me that the evaluation period had ended and of course invited me to purchase the software. The email listed all of the great features of the software but the one thing that stood out to me wasn’t a program feature at it all, it was this:
Dual platform licensing so you can use QuarkXPress 8 on Mac OS or Windows® without having to do complex or costly license transfers
In the past most folks were Windows users or Mac users and so, for the most part the only thing that mattered as far as platform was that the native files (INDD, PSD, PDF, AI) would work for a colleague or client on the other platform. But it’s a brand new world out there and if diehard Windows user like me is walking around with a Macbook, it may be time for Adobe to take a hard look at the way it licenses its software.
Right now, individual licenses allow for two installs and activations for use by one user but only on a single platform. While the two activations is quite fair, I hope that Adobe will consider including Mac and Windows versions on the installation media for future versions of its software.
So, are there any other dual platform folks out there? What do you think?
This article was last modified on December 19, 2021
This article was first published on May 20, 2009
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