IDG Contributor Network: Why rolling release is the future of all software

Being a long-time user of Arch Linux and Chrome OS, I am a fan of rolling release software. I am also a user of Adobe Creative Cloud and the experience is so much better than the previous ‘versioned’ Photoshop and Lightroom where plugins would break after each major upgrade. Now, I get updates on a weekly basis without anything breaking.
Recently Microsoft announced a Windows as a service model for enterprise customers, which hints at rolling release Windows upgrades. I can see a lo