So you don't support corporate environments now?

Hey Adobe, were you aware that some businesses use your Flash plugin too?  Or is that not on your radar?
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If you're about to reply, saying I should use the Windows deployment, I'll do that just a soon as you use MSIs instead because it doesn't support your type of installer by default. Seeing as how there's a new flash version just about every week, I'm not going to hire someone full time solely to build elaborate install packages with Orca just to throw your software on everyone's machines all at once.  Plus, I tried
to get on your corporate deployment list or whatever to get e-mails notifying me of updates and access to a special download location where I can get more corporate-friendly versions.  Months later, no response.  I tried another e-mail address/account, still zero response.  Yes, being the head IT manager, I did know to check my spam filter just in case.
Is there something I'm missing here or did Adobe seriously just make using their terrible software even harder in a corporate environment?  I know they really stopped caring when HTML5 finally made their ineffecient software completely pointless but they're going out of their way to make users' experiences terrible now.  What exactly is going on?

You can download offline installers that won't delete themselves when finished here:  http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/installation-problems-flash-player-windows.html#mai n-pars_header
We provide older versions (along with the latest releases) over on our archive page: http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html
As for auto updating, during silent updates Flash Player does not require an admin account to update. 

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