In a word, I'm speechless. Good luck, Adobe—you're going to need it! Many users of CS5 and earlier may upgrade to CS6 in order to maximize the useful life of their stand-alone Adobe apps; but I predict that a massive numbers of Adobe's long-time customers will refuse to have anything to do with the Adobe extortion scheme known as Adobe Creative Cloud. This may indeed be a non-issue for working professionals who earn a good living using Adobe apps, but these relatively well-heeled customers represent only a certain percentage of the Adobe user base. I fervently hope that developers around the world will take note of the huge hole that Adobe has just created in the world of stand-alone graphics software, and respond to this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity with vibrant, competitive products.
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