Change is always painful for people. Even in the world of software. Apple fired the first shot last year by eliminating boxes...their software became available only by download. And now Adobe is continuing upon this inevitable path and some people aren't happy. Specifically, Adobe is getting ready to offer Creative Cloud. What is it? For $600 a year (or $50 a month) you can download, install and use Adobe's entire Creative Suite Master Collection (18 titles covering pretty much every Adobe flagship product). You can do this on both Windows and Mac platforms. But there's more. You get access to their entire suite of touch apps (which run on mobile devices). You get access to Adobe Business Catalyst (their all-in-one solution for hosting business web sites). You get access to Typekit (access to thousands of web fonts). You get access to Digital Publishing Suite (create mobile apps without programming). You get access to Lightroom 4 (photo management) when it's released. And you get 20GB of cloud storage. So why are some people mad? Well, they fear Adobe is moving to a pure subscription model, where you have to pay every month (or every year) or you can't get your hands on ...
