This announcement is our most important message to you for saving FreeHand and giving it a Future. Simply said, it is time for you to say to Adobe how you feel and what you want for FreeHand.
In the midst of Adobe's CS5 announcement, Free FreeHand delivered packages to Adobe headquarters containing a letter of intent and our Mission Statement to save FreeHand. These were sent only to Adobe executives who are directly responsible for its fate. But these men still have no understanding of the use of FreeHand by the thousands of you who depend on it for your creativity and livelihood. They believe that each of you can be pacified by the latest enhancements to Illustrator but not FreeHand's speed, simplicity and intuitiveness. Now, it's up to YOU to tell these same executives exactly how you feel about Adobe's treatment of FreeHand and what you want for its future!
WE NEED YOU TO SEND A LETTER OR POSTCARD. Create your message as you want it and in any form you want; simple & direct, designed & colorful, or anything from a postcard to a poster. Be as creative as you like but be direct in your message. For those of you who do not have time to craft your own design, FreeFreeHand has enlisted the talents of several world-wide designers* to create color postcards with messages to choose from. These postcards are ready to print out, address and post in the mail.
http://www.freefreehand.org/postcards.html. The 15 minutes it takes to write your statement and mail it will be immensely significant towards Adobe.
Adobe has said that if enough users request a feature to one of their products, it has the highest chance of being introduced. 5000 members each sending a letter by mail is a powerful and overwhelming request that cannot be denied. Do you want FreeHand to become open-source? Sold to another developer? or become part of the Creative Suite? Tell them!
Here is what you need to do during week ahead:
1) Write your personal letter in whatever way you choose to have Adobe notice it -- or-- select one of Free FreeHand's Postcards and fill it out.
2) Address your postcard/letter to a selected Adobe Executive as follows:
If your surname/last name begins with the letters between A - H, address it to:
Shantanu Narayen
Adobe Systems Incorporated
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, California 95110-2704
If your surname/last name begins with the letters between I - Q, address it to:
John Loiacono
Adobe Systems Incorporated
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, California 95110-2704
If your surname/last name begins with the letters between R - Z, address it to:
David Macy
Adobe Systems Incorporated
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, California 95110-2704
Special note: If you have the urge to write to all 3 executives, you can!
3) Add correct postage for sending to the USA. Mail your letter starting TODAY
until the April 30 deadline.
4) We need to keep a tally of the letters sent to Adobe. Let us know that you sent your card(s) by clicking the button at the bottom of this page:
http://www.freefreehand.org/postcards.html
WE CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH THAT YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS MAILING IS CRITICAL.
IF YOU DO NOT ACT, WE CAN ALL KISS FREEHAND GOODBYE. . . and THE ADOBE MONOPOLY WINS.
