Following Monday’s news that Adobe will move exclusively to cloud-based subscriptions for future Creative products, Microsoft responded publicly Tuesday by mildly criticizing Adobe for eliminating customer choice and promised to continue to offer retail copies of Microsoft Office. Like Adobe, Microsoft also offers its flagship productivity software, Microsoft Office, via a yearly or monthly subscription package called Office 365 (currently $100 per year/$10 per month for home users). Unlike Adobe, however, the company still maintains retail copies of the software…
Adobe to Launch Future Creative Apps Only Via Creative Cloud
It’s time to welcome “Creative Cloud” and kick “Creative Suite” to the curb. Adobe announced Monday during its annual MAX conference that the company’s grand experiment in subscription software was a success, and that it will be moving its entire line of professional media tools to the subscription model this summer. The company first moved to a Cloud-based subscription model early last year, offering access to its entire Creative Suite line of software for a monthly subscription alongside traditional retail…