When Adobe decided to move to a subscription-based model for most of its professional software offerings, it caused quite a bit of frustration, anger, and debate among its users and those in the technology industry. Many questioned whether a new reoccurring subscription software model ala Creative Cloud could work, especially when those who use software professionally for business are typically used to paying a one-off fee for a software package and then being able to use it for as many years as they wanted. But if Adobe's year-end numbers are any indication, the changing software pricing paradigm isn't going to stop many users from adopting a new pricing
