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900 bucks?
What are these guys smoking?

There are more meaningful forum posts indeed.

"I have nver been able to register or get updates to CS3 through my company's firewall."

If your work depends on Adobe products and your IT guys aren't able to open that darn connection on your...

...until Adobe somehow manages to sue their butts off and voilà - no more software available.

Erm, sorry...
They could make constant license checks WITHOUT this stupid pricing scheme to get rid of piracy.
This move is made because of one reason alone: GREED!

Man, seriously - your question is answered in the FIRST SENTENCE (THE FLUCKIN' FIRST, DUDE!!!!!) of the article.

So why exactly would I want to convert my RAW files into DNGs?
Way too dangerous, folks.

But then again, how would you manage to pay the purchasing costs of Adobe products right now? Hardly imaginable with 2.5k a year.

If PSE 1 fills your needs, you could as well use MS Paint.

But then again, there's nothing wrong with sharpness either.
Please don't act as if somebody who approaches photography from a rather technical point of view necessarily has to be a poor artist.

Yeah, he probably didn't have access to a Mac.
That's why he wrote:

"For this comparison I imported 200 raw files from a class 10 SD card plugged directly into the USB 2.0 slot of a 2010 27-inch...

Nonetheless, most Instajunk pictures look exactly the same.

"[...]meaning light and color are captured by the 46 megapixel 23.5×15.7mm full-color X3 Merrill sensor with a three-dimensional feel."

Man, I wanna work as a PR spokesman too.
I'd be totally...

So you really think more people use the Olympus than Canikon?
This kind of fanboyism is ridiculous.

Amazing pictures!
What really caught my attention is the actually simple set up.
Großartige Arbeit, Markus.

This kind of spamming really sucks.