And this, too, is an important trend in the computing industry Adobe is wise to tap into. If a Creative Cloud subscriber is running Photoshop or Dreamweaver, the program and its files still are stored on the local computer, so it's not as if the Creative Cloud is some sort of Adobe equivalent of Google Apps.īut the Creative Cloud comes with a range of online services. But it's a powerful force sweeping the industry. Windows Update every month stamps out another batch of security vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Office.īut the best example, perhaps, is Web sites and Web apps that can change every time a person loads it with a browser.Ĭontinuous updates can make it harder for companies that must ensure various software packages get along together. Apple releases relatively frequent updates first with Mac OS X, then with iOS. Sun Microsystems adopted a quarterly 'release train' for its Solaris operating system years ago. Chrome and Firefox developers release updates every six weeks. This more fluid update style is increasingly common. 'We are planning on delivering new features that would normally go into CS7 into Creative Cloud first,' Morris said. In Adobe's case, it means that Creative Cloud customers will get new features before the perpetual-license crowd.

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