Adobe Reader 9.4.6 on my computer - is this Acrobat?

Hello,
I downloaded a program from Adobe to display pdf files. I did not remember the exact link. It turns to be "Adobe Reader 9.4.6" from the About Screen. At an early stage I downloaded the X version but it crashed so I uninstalled it.
Now, I see that it allows me to comment a pdf file, namely "Microsoft_Press_ebook_Programming_Windows_Phone_7_PDF", while it does not allow me to comment another file. But I was said about differences between Acrobat and Reader, for example the need of a license to develop plugins for Reader, not for Acrobat.
-Is this program Reader or Acrobat?
-Does Acrobat let the user comment pdf files?
-Is "Adobe Reader 9.4.6" the official free tool from Adobe to display and comment pdf files, available free to all users?
Thanks

- If you about>plug-ins says Adobe Reader, that's what you have (and not Acrobat which unlike Reader is a paid program)
- Reader X provides certain commenting tools. You should be able to add comments and highlight text using commenting tool
- Reader 9.4.6 does not have free commenting tools, there can be certain special PDFs where this is allowed but not generically
- The paid product - Acrobat will let you comment any PDF as long as the author of the PDF has not applied security to the file disabing it
- Both Reader 9.4.6 and 10 are free products from Adobe. As I note earlier in my reply, only Reader X has free commenting. Both Reader X and Reader 9 will let you view and PDFs and comments.
- You can develop plug-ins for both Reader and Acrobat products using the free SDK. For Reader, you need to get a special certificate (available at small cost) that needs to be embedded in your plug-in.

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