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The real question remains - where does the cost model go...Should the creator of the form pay the $$ or the user of the form?
The user. Most always. Spread the cost to those that need it.
If you consider that the user of the form should pay, then you can require the user to invest in a tool which allows the user to work with your forms. And then, you will require the user to get an Acrobat full version (it does not really matter whether it is Standard or Pro, because it would be the user's decision to get more out of the product than to just fill out your form.
And then, the whole discussion we are leading is kind of moot, isn't it?
However, as stated elsewhere, it is a very legitimit question whether it is the user who should pay for making your life (as form issuer) easier.
If the former, how would Adobe see revenue on a form with wide (unlimited) distribution? If the latter, would you be willing to put your credit card number into Acrobat each time you found a form you wanted to fill out?
Each time? No. One time purchase of the ability to fill out this form and Save it. And then I've then purchased the right to do the next form. They could sell Approval on an as needed basis. You really need it once, buy it at that moment, then have it forever.
In conjunction with the introduction of Adobe Document Server for Reader Extension, there were discussions about "pay per plop" models. Technically, such models would work, as the issuer of the form would pay a licence fee to Adobe each time the form is downloaded, or the filled out form or its data submitted. Actually, charging for the upstream has its advantages, because (yes, it is getting a bit an old record...) the cost advantages you get when the process is fully electronic can justify quite a high price (consider that processing one individual form can cost anything between USD 15 and USD 200). However, such a model creates serious privacy issues, which can not very easily overcome.
The downstream model would be similar to an e-book distribution model, but has much lower savings justification.
And that, in my understanding, is where the issue are. They are social, not technical ones...
Yes. See above.
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