But Bob, what you fail to see is that for a lot of us without the SE or a more reasonable pricing structure from Adobe, DPS is going away. And as for jobs in DPS, I don't see that as much of a reality when only the largest of companies will need people with this skill and those will be few and far between. Adobe is killing off the small to medium size agencies ability to create reasonably priced apps with these new DPS policies and prices. The last quote I received from Adobe for one year for a client was over $20,000. They are a nice sized company but not stupid enough to pay that for a simple app that can be coded for half that price if not less. What Adobe fails to see (with all the dollar signs in there eyes) as well is what DPS could and should be. Yes there are alternatives such as "fixed layout Epubs" and other non-coding app building solutions but DPS was, and for some still is, a great way to keep all the Adobe products together and create a non-coded app seamlessly and with talent they already had in-house. I am still very much disappoint in Adobes decisions to remove SE but what bothers me the most is there non justifiable "sliding scale" charges for clients. This is what really has put DPS out of reach for so many. It also puts the power back in the coders hands and I could even see it make DPS points because first there are only some many large magazine agencies to support this pricing structure and who in there right mind would pay crazy prices for something that a coder could do for less with frankly limitless tools that DPS does not have? Plus the coded app last longer than a year and you don't have to keep paying for it once it's published like with DPS. The righting on the wall can't be that muddy can it?
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