Leslie,
We love your rants. And, they are generally dead on. I have many times advocated for Jon to come and and give "The state of creation address" of AC and its future. (Take off of The State of the Nation address). And, not during a thread when emotions are running high.
Something like in short:
For all those who purchased the product...blah, blah AC will honor your current plan and will only ask you to pay xx dollars per year for support and upgrades. Starting March xx xxxx, AC will be moving to a subscription model. Any new users will be required to purchase the subscription model and any user prior to March xx xxxx can decide to stay as a non vs subscription concept, etc. etc.
The reasons AC is moving in this direction is the following...
Anyway:
Leslie are you really have a stent put in. Good luck. We will be thinking about you today and praying for a speedy recovery.