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AT&T sues Broadcom for refusing to renew perpetual license support (arstechnica.com)
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[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's called "perpetual" but obviously, it's capped at a certain very reasonable limit.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

My university purchased a large number of Adobe Suite licenses years ago. Then we got a threatening letter that we never bought perpetual licenses and they were considering suing us.

Know what’s a thing? Figma.

[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I didn't know of Figma, but then again I don't know much of that kind of work. How does it compare in terms of feature parity?

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Somewhere between in design and illustrator. It’s good for general design work. I think you can get it free for personal use if you want to check it out—it’s fully online.