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The current version of Creative Cloud is really just a different license; indeed you do still download (say) Photoshop, it just pings the Adobe servers to ensur
by ethomson 12y ago
The current version of Creative Cloud is really just a different license; indeed you do still download (say) Photoshop, it just pings the Adobe servers to ensure that you have paid your monthly or annual licensing. To call it "the cloud" is really in name only, as it's no different than the Photoshop that you pay a one-time fee for and install from DVD.
This is totally different, as you suggest, it's a VNC-style access for Photoshop. (Since there is no Photoshop for Linux.)
- wldcordeiro 12y agoReally the cloud offering in the name applies to their storage (20 GB as individual, 100 GB as a business account [1 TB should be standard at this point imo]), Typekit and Kuler. The applications, like you said are pretty much the same as always with full local installations.
- TheOtherHobbes 12y agoBut this suggests Adobe might move to remote execution SaaS at some point in the next few years. I wouldn't be surprised if that's always been the ultimate goal of CC. A lot of SaaS is waiting for faster broadband. CC Saas will be limited at 10MB, but as speeds creep up to 100MB and beyond it's going to start making more sense. I think the rent-your-cycles model sucks for users, and is against everything personal computing was supposed to do. But it's a no-brainer for corporates with a captive audience for life, zero piracy, and easy surveillance.
- wldcordeiro 12y agoYeah it's not a change I'm excited for if it does materialize.