I feel for you. I'm leaving my mbp adobe product free this time around.
On Sep 11, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Dave l wrote: > > Seriously Adobe wtf is wrong with you anymore? Your product updates > are a shameful train-wreck in motion and then defeat and the > constantly interfering popups are pathetic! And how many times does > an app need to connect with your servers every time they launch? > (flash requested 17 connections upon launch!) > > When Snow Leopard came out I did a clean install which means the > usual adobe install marathon.. Every mac app on earth installs with > the greatest of ease but not adobes, god forbid it took an hr and a > half to install cs3 web premium.. wtf!! And then as usual acrobat > doesn't install right so you gotta do it several times. I just don't > install it anymore not just because of the installs but just general > usage.. If I'm not required to use it then I don't want to use it I > want to use something that starts up fast and works right and > acrobat isn't it. > > Anyways, I have cs3 and cs4 I only upgraded ps so when you install > it you can't just put in your lic code you have to call in and go > through the gauntlet to get it registered. I gave up on m$ and one > reason why is how they treat you or assume you are using an illegal > copy until you prove to them otherwise and Adobe is now doing this > as well. So not only do you get to sit on hold for several hours > waiting to activate but then you get treated like a criminal until > you prove you bought the software and thatÂ’s bullshit! Yeah I am > pirating the software and going to hold for hours to call and active > it!!! morons!! I really love it when they question the authenticity > of it, last time the adobe agent said I obviously bought it black > market and it was an illegal copy, ummm ok but I bought it straight > from Adobe.... But at the time I was just thankful I got an agent > who could speak and understand english which is rare at adobe anymore. > > There is a halo affect here but much different then Apples, this one > is driving people away. If I need Adobe software in the future I > might as well just get a pirated copy since all these anti-piracy > measures do is punish the legit buyers while installing a pirated > copy is obviously a piece of cake. > > At first I felt bad about using Railo, like I was cheating or > something but thank god I did or else I would seriously think about > moving to ruby. > > Anyways here i sit.... 3rd day of trying to activate ps.... been on > hold a total of 7 hours 3 minutes and 52 seconds at this point... > totally unacceptable and that cf9 lic I was planning on buying just > got flushed and I will continue to use and support Railo instead. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:303848 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
