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16th December 2008 - Link Blog

Adobe: Akamai Download Manager FAQ. Tip for Adobe: if the bizarre, buggy custom Java applet you force people to use to download your software requires an FAQ this long, maybe you should provide a “just do it the way everyone else does” option.

Posted 16th December 2008 at 10:13 am

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