Digital BW, The Print

Their are several types of updates that occur with software.. patches that resolve function issues which need to be released pretty much as soon as they get them and then their are product improvements that typically get batched up and sold as a new version.. This type of product improvement will now be (supposedly) available as they are developed which allows for continuous product and feature improvement .. but yup we still have to download them. So rather then our purchasing a new version every other year we pay a monthly fee and product updates are available on the fly as they go. Just a different business model..

jimbo
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Castronovo 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 7:51 PM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Photoshop Create Cloud program for photographers


    

  This issue of more frequent updates for the cloud version is a bogus one. The cloud version still requires us to download and install updates, just as the older versions would do. So what’s the difference? It’s not like the software is being updated in the cloud on its own. 

  From: Michael Prestie 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 6:40 PM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Photoshop Create Cloud program for photographers




  Let’s say for a moment that Adobe did do something as described above.  Can’t we export images as TIFF files (or DNG) and continue as before in some older version from Adobe or in some 3rd party application?  Most of us have the original images that came from the scan or from a DSLR.  An exported TIFF file would have the processing work “baked in” and TIFF files are standard in the industry.



  Pay by subscription is the future in software.  The environment grows more and more complex requiring constant patches to remain compatible with the ever changing world.  (For example, mobility, Cloud based apps, tablets replacing PC’s, Create a book in an hour.)  The old model of upgrades every 18 months is not a match for the new world.  



  Future Shock!  





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