Adobe Reader automatic updater coming soon

Happy New Year to everyone! It is that time of the year to talk about some of the things that really bother me - a virtual cleansing if you will. One of the things that I truly hate to live with is Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat. Lately these tools have become a thorn in my side due to the countless number of security vulnerabilities that have been discovered and the need to "update" to newer versions each time a problem is found. I use the term "update" loosely because Adobe never really patches their software, they just release complete, brand new installs for a new version. Going from version 9.1 to 9.2 requires a complete 40 meg roll out of a new piece of software and not a simple patch. This causes problems with settings that were once installed as well as file associations with other PDF software such as full blown Acrobat. Who knew that pushing out new Adobe products would be such a pain??

Today comes word that Adobe has finally realized just how insane their approach to patch management has become and is working on a beta for a new Adobe updater package to be shipped with software later this year. I don't understand what has taken them this long but I for one cannot wait for this to get here.

http://www.macworld.com/article/145475/2010/01/reader_acrobat.html?lsrc=rss_main