Adobe CS2 Suite for free from Adobe

[Joseph W. bourke]

Not quite free, Phil – if you read the page link, it says only to people who have “customers who legitimately purchased CS2 or Acrobat 7 and need to maintain their current use of these products.”

In other words, for existing customers who are still running CS2. I’m sure there will be a run on this, but personally, I’m on the CS6 Master Collection.

Joe Bourke
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[Kevin Monahan]

Thanks, Joe. You are correct. To others: please don’t spread this rumor. It’s for existing customers only.

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[Jeremy Garchow]

Here’s a good one: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/01/adobe-almost-does-something-amazing-by-accident/

[Kevin Monahan]

I’ll reserve my opinions on that article. Again, folks, it’s best to give this whole thing a miss.

Kevin Monahan
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Adobe After Effects
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[Joseph W. bourke]

Having read the article, I think the author was a bit less than forthcoming, since it seemed painfully clear that the software was meant only for people who had licensed it:

…may only be used by customers who legitimately purchased CS2 or Acrobat 7 and need to maintain their current use of these products.
– Adobe

Maybe their initial thought was that they were providing the software on the honor system, then they had second thoughts. Even big software companies make mistakes – witness this forum…

Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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[Tero Ahlfors]

When this went down there weren’t any disclaimers on the download site and it didn’t need an Adobe account. It was just a bunch of download links with serials. Then internet happened.