CS4 won't launch - what a joke!

Great - Apple send out OSX 10.6.3 & then the CS4 suite edition won't launch!
Adobe promote the product with statements like:
Are  Creative Suite 4 products and components compatible with Mac OS X Snow Leopard (v10.6)?
Yes. Working closely with Apple, Adobe has tested the Creative Suite 4 products and components and determined they are compatible with Mac OS X Snow Leopard, the latest version of Apple's operating system.
Spending close to 120 minutes on the phone to an offshore service centre (Adobe' support) & you get disconnected from their end & an email:
We had a interaction regarding your issue that you could not lauch Design Premium CS4. Unfortunatly (sic) the call got disconnected. Here are the solutions for your issue Solution 1: Revert to Mac OS 10.6.2 or earlier
So, Adobe are telling me that the Design Premium CS4 editition of their software is not compatible with OSX10.6.3
That is just not good enough & I will be asking for a refund!
Craig

What kind of a nut would completely fail to realise that it was Craig Keeler-Milne, and not myself, who has the problem with CS4 not launching?
What kind of a nut would completely fail to realise that all Craig Keeler-Milne really wanted to do was vent a little in a forum where there's at least a remote possibility someone from Adobe may read it - and NOT to suffer the sanctimonious condescension of pious meddlers such as yourself?
What kind of a nut would completely fail to realise that BOTH Apple and Adobe are responsible for compatibility, but that more and more these days, Adobe couldn't care less when it comes to Macs - so Craig Keeler-Milne has every right to be fed up?
What kind of a nut would completely fail to realise that all your drivel provided was smug self-gratification, and THAT'S what I objected to? Clearly I was simply defending Craig Keeler-Milne's right to have his say.
Were my posts not clear enough? Did they confuse you? Perhaps you could benefit from some remedial reading and comprehension lessons? Perhaps I could post a few links for you, then snidely explain their obvious purpose? Not that I'm being sanctimoniously condescending or anything - no, of course not. Perhaps if you tried really hard to "raise your level of intelligence" then maybe, just maybe, you'd get it.
Pathetic.

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