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worker201:
So I'm testing this multimedia cd which runs through the browser before I burn it for distribution.  This is in SeaMonkey, WinXP-SP2.  I click on one of the links to a PDF file, and it takes like 10 minutes to load.  Which is just too damn long for a 32k PDF.  I figure Acrobat is upset about something, so I open it up.  Sure enough, it's only at version 7.0.7, and it wants to be at 7.0.8.  Fine, I make the upgrade.  Unfortunately, the Acrobat plugin no longer works.  In any browser - even the dreaded IE.  Dammit, so now I'm thinking that the update fucked something up, and the best thing to do is reinstall Acrobat from scratch - that's what Adobe would suggest.  So I go into the control panel and uninstall Acrobat 7 Professional Tryout, Acrobat Reader 7.0.8, and Acrobat Reader Language Support 7.0.5 - what a mess!  Of course, you have to restart the computer to finish the uninstallation.  So I go to shut down.  At this point, Windows informs me that it will be installing 8 (8!!!!) critical updates!

What's sad is that this is a pretty typical afternoon logged into the Windows computer.  Every fucking time, there is some fucked up thing going on.  It never ends.  Actually, it gets worse with every passing day - more updates, more upgrades, more applications that self-destruct.  The only thing that is constantly decreasing is the system's stability.

And this ain't some half-assed software from a nobody-vendor running on a beta OS.  This is Adobe and the world's operating system.  You would think that with that much money, they could get their shit together.

Well, I'm headed off to Adobe to download Acrobat.  Thanks for listening.

emuelle1:
That sounds about right. Everything Microsoft does sucks up a LOT of memory and system resources. I've always wondered how much QA they build into their code. I get the feeling that their programming is very sloppy. They probably duplicate every call to anything because their divisions can't talk to each other.

Pathos:
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

windows can be just as fast but anti-virus, firewall, anti-spyware, security updates, slow it down.

Jack2000:
i think it is a matter of your choice of program and settings :)
how I in 98 never get that kind of shit ... easy ... i do not use stupid %&^%$ .pdf
and acrobat stuff ... + wtf ? security ?
who is going to hack you ... NSA or maby the CIA

emuelle1:
When I wrote my post last night I was trying to type one handed while giving a bottle to my youngest. I did forget to mention Adobe's contributions to the problems that Microsoft creates. Adobe is bloatware on it's own. I've tried using Foxit a few times, but often I need a few of Adobe's features.

I've only taken a few programming classes, but I've never quite understood why programs like Adobe want to load 48 Gigabytes (yes--> an exaggeration) worth of plugins and services upon start up. Why can't software be designed to only load what it needs when it needs it? Are the rest of the world's users besides me willing to suffer an overall performance hit simply to feel that their application start up times will be shorter? It's like that stupid Real Player system tray icon. I've never noticed Real Player starting up any faster if I allow it to run in my start up menu or run it from scratch.

The instructors that I've had worked hard to beat it into our heads to keep our code efficient. It seems like none of their students work for the world's premier software companies.

Anyway, that's my own rant.

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