Folks, we have heard the whole gambit of ideas and discussions concerning Adobe's "giveaway" of CS2.
To my knowledge, there has only ever been ONE SINGLE post about CS2 NOT being released for free - and that post was in a FORUM. InDesign Secrets picked up on that one post and repeated what was said there. On Adobe's CS2 download page, there is NOTHING said one way or the other. Forum statements are always on a personal level - they are NOT a professional solution for official announcements, and should not be regarded as such.
Adobe, could you please be so kind as to issue a formal statement?
There are many people out there who would use CS2 if it were released for free - folks who will never purchase the newer versions - folks who normally use only freeware. It would be a great benefit to those folks, and it would increase your popularity, and you might even make sales with those people once they get used to your products.
I, myself have a license for CS3 Premium, CS4 Standard, InDesign CS2, but I would recommend CS2 to other folks to use instead of GIMP or other freeware. In fact, when the word went out, I was surprised and pleased and wrote to my friends. Then I had second thoughts and had to tell them "never mind - I was misled". Now, after reading the posts in this here forum, I am somewhat bewildered and confused.
Please make a formal statement about this!