If it wont work on intel macs, will it work on windows 8?
http://noelchenier.blogspot.ca/2013/01/download-adobe-cs2-for-free.html
So it looks like someone at Adobe messed up.
On behalf of Adobe Systems Incorporated ...
You have heard wrong! Adobe is absolutely not providing free copies of CS2!
What is true is that Adobe is terminating the activation servers for CS2 and that for existing licensed users of CS2 who need to reinstall their software, copies of CS2 that don't require activation but do require valid serial numbers are available. (Special serial numbers are provided on the page for each product download.) See <http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1114930>.
You are only legally entitled to download and install with that serial number if you have a valid license to the product!
- Dov
Adobe: Here's a cake.Adobe: Heres a cake... DON'T EAT THIS CAKE!
Seriously, if they don't update both that forum post, and their site, with a release that says "uh.. yeah. Go ahead and have it." they're shooting themselves in the foot.
No matter how horrifically cynical we can be on the internet, for a brief period of time, a lot of us apparently just INSTANTLY believed they were actually doing a smart, cool, goodwill-generating thing ON PURPOSE. Like, it never occurred to us. It seemed cool, it made sense; we were congratulating them on their brilliant deployment of marketing strategy, when of course, it was just a colossal fuckup.
Update: Following a frenzy of Internet activity — and some confusion — it appears that Adobe isn’t giving away free copies of Adobe CS2.
Adobe scientist Dov Isaacs clarifies:
On behalf of Adobe Systems Incorporated …
You have heard wrong! Adobe is absolutely not providing free copies of CS2!
What is true is that Adobe is terminating the activation servers for CS2 and that for existing licensed users of CS2 who need to reinstall their software, copies of CS2 that don’t require activation but do require valid serial numbers are available. (Special serial numbers are provided on the page for each product download.) See <http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1114930>.
Sorry for getting your hopes up and adding to the confusion.
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You are only legally entitled to download and install with that serial number if you have a valid license to the product!
It was too good to be true.In case anyone cares in regards to the technically illegal list of download links in the OP:
No, You Can't Download Adobe CS2 Applications For Free
Their fault for uploading them for us to useSo, to clarify: They see 7-year-old versions of their software (some of which is discontinued) being available for free as a threat to their current business. And so despite announcing this software was available for free, in what seemed like a cool gesture that would get a lot more people into using Adobe products, now the message is that if you took advantage of the offer they themselves presented, you are a dirty pirate.
Their fault for uploading them for us to use
How good is CS2 compared to CS6? Is it a notable difference or just loads of minor improvements that won't affect the layman?
Good offer but I get CS6 for free from Adobe through a Uni link.
So, to clarify: They see 7-year-old versions of their software (some of which is discontinued) being available for free as a threat to their current business. And so despite announcing this software was available for free, in what seemed like a cool gesture that would get a lot more people into using Adobe products, now the message is that if you took advantage of the offer they themselves presented, you are a dirty pirate.
damn...http://noelchenier.blogspot.ca/2013/01/download-adobe-cs2-for-free.html
So it looks like someone at Adobe messed up.
On behalf of Adobe Systems Incorporated ...
You have heard wrong! Adobe is absolutely not providing free copies of CS2!
What is true is that Adobe is terminating the activation servers for CS2 and that for existing licensed users of CS2 who need to reinstall their software, copies of CS2 that don't require activation but do require valid serial numbers are available. (Special serial numbers are provided on the page for each product download.) See <http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1114930>.
You are only legally entitled to download and install with that serial number if you have a valid license to the product!
- Dov
Adobe fucked up. I don't think anyone here had malicious intent, and no one's getting banned for some company being stupid.So basically this thread is one of the biggest ban traps ever on GAF?
Their fault for uploading them for us to use