Response to the Response on Response Point, responding to Mark's point about Vista

re: Response to the Response on Response Point, responding to Mark's point about Vista

Tim — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:47:42 GMT

In response to the adobe acrobat 5.

fair comment - but.....

this is a general rant about software in general. Good software shouldnt need ugrading for the sake of upgrading. Adobe acrobat 5 is an example ill use because i have it, (Quickbooks 3 is another) They are software that I use everyday and i dont upgrade them. I dont need to. The "new features" are not selling points for me. There are no security risks with these pieces of software, they work good.

I have an old push bike - i dont upgrade this to the new one every year because the old one works fine.

i reject having to change my software because the os has changed.

As a result we are now using a free pdf maker app instead of adobe acrobat 5 - but im keeping an xp machine on my network for these sorts of apps

re: Response to the Response on Response Point, responding to Mark's point about Vista

JamesB — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:58:51 GMT

And I've said more than once that getting it installed and getting the LOB vendor to support are not related. I can get Groove Server to install on Windows XP x64, does that mean MS will support it? I've also ran into a LOB app where I asked very specifically about Vista support to which they responded they were "Vista Capable". When I pressed on this it meant it worked great if you disabled UAC and ran as Administrator.

re: Response to the Response on Response Point, responding to Mark's point about Vista

Rob Nicholls — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:35:19 GMT

I saw someone make a similar complain about not being able to install a service pack for Word 2000 on Vista. I believe if he temporarily disabled UAC or ran the service pack as an elevated user then it'd work fine, but I did wonder why someone was trying to run such an old piece of software on Vista in the first place.

Adobe's official response is: Acrobat 7.0 and earlier versions do not support Windows Vista. Adobe does not plan to release updates to Acrobat 7.0 and earlier for Windows Vista compatibility.

re: Response to the Response on Response Point, responding to Mark's point about Vista

Matthew Clapham — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 05:06:26 GMT

Some companies are abysmally slow at updating secondary line of business applications. I once saw an enterprise goto great lengths to get an old version (last updated in 1997) of a commercial application to work on Windows XP. For all the time money, and human effort spent, it would've been easier and cheaper to go out and buy the latest, greatest version of the same application for the 10 or so employees affected. I understand there's a desire to maximize the money already spent on an application, but if the enterprise IT department waits too long then the eventual upgrade costs (software, training, etc.) are probably more expensive than simple periodic modernization.