Inadequate camera raw 6.4.1 updates for CS5

Why are CS5 users not able to upgrade the camera raw supported camera lists?  Camera Raw 6.4.1(Camera Raw 7 doesn't support CS5) is not being upgraded as new cameras come to market. For example I bought a D7100 Nikon and now have to use the DNG converter. As a pro I am forced to go through another step that may degrade the image.
Are there any work arunds or 3rd party plug ins for this?
Adobe has dropped the ball in this by forcing the users to do upgrades they may not be able to afford.

>"At any rate, whether you or I can afford a Photoshop upgrade or not is irrelevant in the context of a professional-level application."
I ran my own studio for 10 years and have used photoshop almost daily for almost 20 years.
I was and am always 1 and sometimes 2 versions behind the "latest".
To stay in business you have to be very budget conscious and provide the highest level of product you can.
Whether it is a professional level app or not at a certain point the software has all the features required to do the job and any upgrades simply  correct minor flaws or add some frills that you might use once a year. If you can put off buying the upgrades then as a busines person (not as a photographer) you will.
I don't see anything that suggests the basic algorithims have changed so I think the new version changes peripheral functions and the basic quality is still the same and relies on the file quality coming in. 12,16 24 mb etc.
Regardless of all the technical discussion - which by the way - I found interesting , I think Adobe needs to recognise that a large number of users will always be a version or 2 behind and would think much more highly of a company that supports a previous version more fully. I realize they can only go back so far.

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