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James, I agree that something new is needed.

Unfortunately, it probably won't happen anytime soon. Since Adobe has a stranglehold on the market due to it's bundling of products in a suite, there is very little room for competition in the market.

Even if someone comes out with an amazing drawing product, it would most likely sell for anywhere from $300 to $700 per seat. Multiply this cost over multiple seats at any design agency, and now you're talking thousands of dollars to get a competitor to a product that is already included in Adobe's suite. I don't know of a manager anywhere that will choose "better" over "cheaper," so any product trying to compete with Illustrator would be DOA.

And that makes me sad. Yet another product that is "good enough" has taken over its market, and now will only be marginally improved as time goes by because there is no competitor to force it to improve and innovate.