Corel steps into the void left by the demise of Creative Suite.

Corel's got their own graphics suite, though it's been years since I've played around with it.  However, now that Adobe has announced the death of Creative Suite updates, Corel has stepped up and into the void and announced that you can do a sideway upgrade to their Corel applications, for the same price as their own user upgrade rates, currently $189 for CorelDraw Graphics Suite X6.

-- Yes, I will try it on one of my computers, and then decide whether to buy it. --

Of course the thing with Corel is, that they also offer subscriptions: The CorelDraw Graphics Suite is $198 / year, which is equal to $16.50 a month, or $24.95 for every 30 days. The point is, if you're going to do subscriptions, you shouldn't get rid of your boxed software sales because you're forcing your customers to either go with subscriptions or leave the platform.

Taking the risk of alienating the very people who built up your platform, is not very smart.