We started in 2000, a mere two months before the bottom fell out of the market, and managed not just to survive, but to recover and thrive. That has not turned out to be the case, however. I thought I would have mixed feelings letting it go (I am staying on board, of course, but in a different role now). Acxiom is very discreet, but influential company, with a strong technical focus - how many public company CEOs do you know who are listed as inventors on their company’s patents? The other founders and myself came to the conclusion a merger will allow us to serve our customers better, ramp up our sales to capitalize on an exploding market and enhance our infrastructure, something that would have beeen much harder if we stayed independent.ĭue to confidentiality reasons, I cannot give much more specifics, but Kefta was my first startup. Acxiom acquired my company, Kefta, last week.
For people like myself who have static IPs, the IP address itself could be used to correlate the analytics with personal information. The apps should nonetheless never call on the Internet except possibly to check for updates.
It seems Adobe does not collect the serial number after all. It seems Adobe has also crossed a serious ethical line by building in spyware to track on whenever a user starts a CS3 application.Īs far as I am concerned, this is the last straw and I will actively start looking for substitutes for Adobe products as soon as I return from my vacation. I would actually pay more for the Basic version than for the supposedly premium one infected with Flash and Dreamweaver.
Speaking of which, the only proper time to interrupt users with a software update dialog is as they are quitting the application, not by getting in the way of whatever task they are trying to get done by starting up the app. The widespread availability of fast Internet connections is no excuse for shoddy release management or a “we’ll patch it post-release” mentality. Barely installed and already in need of software updates.What kind of credibility does Adobe think it has with creative people with such an astoundingly lackluster effort?
There is no justification for an install procedure that chokes if the beta was not uninstalled officially (although I have to give some brownie points due to the fact the cleanup script is written in Python). The install procedure is incredibly annoying and Windows-like.Bridge looks butt-ugly, is even slower than before and with a more amateurish interface than ever.I have barely started using it already and I already have peeves: The only real reason I upgraded is to get a native Intel version. I installed Adobe Creative Suite 3 on my home PowerMac and my MacBook (the license allows you to install it on two computers as long as they are not in simultaneous use).