The Associated Press: Adobe to post 2Q results; analyst says CS5 strong

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gS1sMma-MF0sB24LEgoId8zWO2vwD9GFRKTO0

The article states that "Creative Suite is used by small businesses such as design firms and advertising agencies." The analysts seem to miss the fact that Creative Suite is also used by giant media companies, global publishers, architectural firms, engineering companies, manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, research institutes, film and television studios, web designers, desktop and mobile application developers and more. It is also used by Fortune 100 businesses to create portals and manage access to business critical data. I assume that savvy financial researchers look at these other verticals when making their predictions.

This will be welcome news, as CS4 results weren't as strong as Adobe had hoped. I know that I still see a lot of CS3 and CS2 out there, but new hardware and operating systems will require a software update for many, many people and companies. The CS2 and CS3 users who held off will now be able to take advantage of 64 bit versions of Photoshop and the video tools, for instance, which increase productivity substantially on large files. As video moves to very high resolution capture, it is essential to have 64 bit apps and tons of RAM, and CS5 makes those hardware investments pay off in short order.