http://blog.xcski.com/2006/01/12/what-crack-is-adobe-smoking Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:17:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://blog.xcski.com/2006/01/12/what-crack-is-adobe-smoking#comment-1582 rone Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:19:05 +0000 http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2006/01/12/what-crack-is-adobe-smoking#comment-1582 I'd imagine the first installer can check back home to see if there's a newer version lying around, patches, etc. But Adobe's had craptacular downloadability of their stuff for years and years, most prominently due to the bloat. So, yeah, they suck. I’d imagine the first installer can check back home to see if there’s a newer version lying around, patches, etc. But Adobe’s had craptacular downloadability of their stuff for years and years, most prominently due to the bloat. So, yeah, they suck.

]]> http://blog.xcski.com/2006/01/12/what-crack-is-adobe-smoking#comment-1581 Rich Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:51:33 +0000 http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2006/01/12/what-crack-is-adobe-smoking#comment-1581 My guess is that they want to keep statistics on how often it is installed, rather than how often it is downloaded. I wonder if it reported anything else back when you ran it. My guess is that they want to keep statistics on how often it is installed, rather than how often it is downloaded. I wonder if it reported anything else back when you ran it.

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