ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Major Releases beyond 2500?

[JerryGarcia]

right now, are there any plans to release another major version of ArcGIS Desktop over the next year?  Thank you!

[norie]

Unlikely, considering the push towards cloud-based services.

http://www.arcgis.com/explorer/

[NathanCoon]

I remember seeing a post somewhere in this forum about another release end of 2013/early 2014, which most likely means sometime 2014 for a release.

And even though ESRI is pushing online products, they aren't going to abandon desktop software. i would guess at least a couple more releases of this software.