He is saying that we are all screwed if you attempt to download Adobe DC onto our computers in hope that will still open Previous version adobe files that were made with Adobe LiveCycle.Don't get DC, and don't recommend it to customers to download it until Adobe has some type of "LiveCycle" software...
I discovered that my area of concern was not with insertion points, but with setting a pattern on a text field through the object panel. I can now display placeholder text, which will then go away once the user types into the field.