Frankly, we’re getting tired of writing about Adobe and their apparently endless trek to patching bugs and security vulnerabilities. Don’t get us wrong…we’re glad that they are responding to issues with their products and trying to keep the computing public safe from the bad guys. What cracks us up is the announcement that Adobe will now go to scheduled releases (quarterly) for fixes much like Microsoft does with Windows updates. The funny part is the notion that you are actually planning for your product to have bugs or security holes. What happens if there’s a sudden discovery of a major vulnerability? Do you wait until the next scheduled date or bite the bullet and go out of turn with a distribution?
Now that we’ve wasted a bunch of words griping about scheduled releases, Adobe has made their first “scheduled” release available for Adobe Acrobat and Reader. This update will leave you at versions 9.1.2, 8.1.6 or 7.1.3 for Macintosh and Windows environments. Notice that version 6 is no longer supported, but you can get an upgrade from 6.x standard to 9.x Pro for just $159 at the Adobe site.
- John and Mike
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