Enterprise updating of Acrobat Pro 9.1 on Mac OS X?

I am really frustrated. The only updater I can find for Acrobat Pro 9.1 for Mac OS X seems to require full manual control via GUI, and does not allow in any way for it to be applied via, say, Apple Remote Desktop, or via SSH.
I have 50+ computers here with Acrobat Pro and I want to apply the update. I am the only sysadmin here. Please provide an appropriate installer! I do not have time to walk to each computer, log in, mount the dmg, launch the updater, authenticate, locate Acrobat Pro for you, run it, log out. Especially when the lab is open 110 hours per week and is busy, I need these kinds of updaters to be able to be run in the background via command line.
(Harumph!)
-Jason

Unless there is a "hidden" or "secret" updater for Acrobat Pro 9 (currently 9.1.2 is the most recent patch), there is *NO* way to silently and remotely install the patch. I have been picking apart the contents of the dmg and installer app bundle for over a month now. I have tried every combination I can think of.
There is *NO* facility in the updater app that would allow for syadmins to deploy the patch or patching process to multiple computers, remotely, in the background. This is a HUGE PAIN IN THE ***! (Adobe, get your s*** together. My university has already dropped the purchasing and support of CS4 for all public labs due to this kind of shenanigan, plus the incredibly complex installer structures and deployment issues.)
Please, please, please. If you want institutional volume purchases, you MUST support methods to easily deploy and UPDATE your applications. This Acrobat patch is a dismal failure. I am very seriously considering removing Acrobat Pro from my lab computers, and not renewing licensing when the current CLP is up. For far too long Acrobat Pro has been a considerable pain in the *** for deployment. The @#$@#$ "self heal" b.s., the need to run first as an admin user before any other users on the system can use it... I am ONE guy supporting a LOT of computers. I do NOT have time to be logging into every single machine to launch one application. This is b.s.
Adobe: FIX IT! Or you will lose our business altogether!
Ever hear of the command line? SSH or other remote shell? Apple Remote Desktop? Hello?
You've made the cost of ownership extremely expensive, and not simply in terms of dollars.
Signed,
A very p.o.'d system administrator.

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