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As a UI pm on a consumer facing product at MS, I wasn't allowed a license of photoshop. I was told to use paint. (this was before paint.net)
by cookingrobot 14y ago
As a UI pm on a consumer facing product at MS, I wasn't allowed a license of photoshop. I was told to use paint. (this was before paint.net)
- ryanmolden 14y agoAnd our UX folks routinely use both Photoshop and Illustrator. It's almost like we can't make sweeping statements of "how it is" at a company with 90k or so employees.
- seanmcdirmid 14y agoWithout a site license for Adobe CS, it makes sense that some orgs wouldn't have that in their budget (its like $1000 per seat!), while UX teams would definitely budget for that. The problem in essence is "design by PM," which I'm sure is not unique to Microsoft at all.
- justincormack 14y agoIt is only about $20 a month on the subscription package.