Re: Yet another Acrobat 4.x Bash

[Dan Emory <danemory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Adobe CEO, as well as the entire staff of Adobe Magazine need to read
the Clutrain Manifesto, www.cluetrain.org. The more they dissemble, the more
ridiculous they look.
At 12:14 PM 5/5/00 -0400, Avram Baskin wrote:

>The following disclaimer was in the May/June issue of Adobe Magazine:
>
>"What's the difference?!?
>
>"Adobe Acrobat 4.05 is a (free) update that fixes a few (sic) problems
>discovered after the release of Acrobat 4.0, and that also includes a few
>enhancements to the product.
>
>"Due to manufacturing constraints, differing version numbers were used in a
>few locations relating to the update; for example, the startup screen for
>the new product says 4.05a, and the face of the CD itself, and the
>packaging, say 4.06.  The software is all version 4.05, irrespective of
>these variations in numbering."
>
>I wonder what the "manufacturing constraints" are???  Did the CD burner have
>a bug in it that caused the version numbers to be arbitrarily rewritten?
>And, do I need a sound card and speakers so I can hear what the new product
>says???
>
>What would really be refreshing would be for Adobe to turn off the
>obfuscatron and admit that they used their loyal customers to beta test a
>product that should never have gone into general release.
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