Why does adobe not allow use of previous versions of programs

The latest and greatest is good for someone who does work all by them self,
I'm about to start freelancing and all my clients are still on CS5. I don't want to have to shell out money to buy the CS5.
I know you can export indesign files as idml files, but there are text issues which makes it unfeasible to use for long docs.
will this policy change? or never?

Hi Pu Koh,
We do plan to have this available for Creative Cloud members but starting with the current version and only versions that were available when you subscribed.
-Dave

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If you know so little about the topic why even respond? Just to take sides? How do you even know your on the right side? Because you bought an iDevice and must obey your master?
Firstly 63% of video on the web is not HTML5. There is no such thing as HTML5 video.
HTML has a new tag called <video></video>. This tag allows the playback of videos converted to a specific codec. In safari it is h.264, in chrome it is VP8, in firefox it is OGG.
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So to say 63% of video is HTML5 is a half truth. If you only cinsider safari then yes, 63% of the videos that flash plays can also be played in safari. However that same 63% can not be seen by anyone else as they require a different codec.
This says that h.264 is the dominant codec, because 63% of all video uses it. However you still need to support the other 37% of video which is not h.264, and you still need to support the other 63% of video for those who dont use safari.
The best option to bring all this together is Flash. It's the one stop shop for all video across all screens.
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TL;DR, Adobe doesn't make flash for the iPad, and they never will. If you want to view or play flash content, do it on a computer.
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