Read only / save problem when multiple user accessing PDF

When accessing a PDF-file from a network location (where multiple users might have the file open simultaneously) I have noticed a problem.
First of all you will not get notified when opening the file that it is open elsewhere, there is no "read only" mode in this case.
Secondly (and worse) is the fact that the person having opened the file first is prompted to save it under a new name when she/he is saving changes since "file is open elsewhere".
This works quite the opposite of what most Windows applications do.
Is it a problem in version 7 and 8 of Acrobat only?
I have heard from the support previously that it might be unsupported functionality to use network drives for editing. Is that true?
If you are doing updates after a review but want to share the outcomes of the review this quite annoying...

I agree, and I have seen the same points as well, but...
During the update process after the review many reviewers are looking at their comments and how they were handled during the review meeting and at the same time the authors (yes, for documents such as a requirement specification there will be more than one author) are doing the updates to the original document.
We are also updating the PDF with the changes made by adding new replies to the comments and also changing the status of the comments once more.
The logical approach when opening a file is not to display a text box, but to add the information in the title bar of the program. That way you do not add an extra step to the people who only want "read only" access.

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