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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | The comic makes fun of {{w|Adobe Systems}} software that delivers new versions of Adobe products to users' computers, such as ''Adobe Updater'' (which [http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/acrobat-reader-updater-faq-9.html replaced] ''Adobe Update Manager'') and ''Adobe Download Manager'' (from [http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/akamai-download-manager-faq.html Akamai]). These {{w|Patch (computing)|software increments}} might either be technical (to fix compatibility or security issues), or they might add new features that would go unnoticed. In addition, these updates are downloaded automatically by default, but the operating system might install them only if a user allows it to. The frequency of software changes (and changes in the way Adobe allows users to download new software) could result in confused users. | |
− | + | There is an actual message that a specific version of these updaters display: | |
− | + | :''The Adobe Updater must update itself before it can check for'' | |
+ | :''updates. Would you like to update the Adobe Updater now?''[http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1348/738614725_09ad7d1d90.jpg] | ||
− | + | In fact, the general necessity of such update managers has often been questioned, as they require the user to "download a software in order to download a software". Other notable examples of companies who use update managers include {{w|Google}} and {{w|Sun microsystems|Sun}}/{{w|Oracle}}, with the latter being also mentioned in the title text. | |
− | + | The two buttons 'OK' and 'Download' are implied to have the same effect, indicating the user has no real choice. | |
− | The | + | The language of the message also plays with repeated ''up'' and ''down'', as in "there is an ''up''date for the Adobe ''down''load manager..." to give the whole process a feel of preposterousness verging on {{w|Lewis Carroll|Carrollian}} {{w|literary nonsense}}. |
The title text also suggests that using update helper software which in turn must be updated bears the risk of creating a {{w|dependency hell}}. | The title text also suggests that using update helper software which in turn must be updated bears the risk of creating a {{w|dependency hell}}. | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Cueball is sitting at a laptop with a window with a red title bar floating over his head.] | :[Cueball is sitting at a laptop with a window with a red title bar floating over his head.] | ||
− | :Adobe | + | :Adobe update |
:There is an update for: | :There is an update for: | ||
:*'''Adobe Download Manager''' | :*'''Adobe Download Manager''' | ||
− | :This update will allow you to download the new updates to the Adobe | + | :This update will allow you to download the new updates to the Adobe update downloader. |
:[OK] [Download] | :[OK] [Download] | ||