"haunteddoc" said:
WOW!! ; Somebody is getting greedy.
I wouldn't call it greedy per se, but rather a reflection on how the marketplace has reacted.
There used to be a time when each MAJOR upgrade version had so many improvements that people wanted to upgrade. ; Now it's clear that many people are "Nope, I don't need to upgrade for just THAT."
So they lose the revenue and time spent coding for that upgrade. ; So rather than actually...you know...add features that would make people want to upgrade, they'll do this. ; They have been doing something similar with Elements for a while now....
Oh, you replaced your D50 with a D7000? ; Oh well, you'll need the latest version of ACR to process the files from it. ; And that ACR isn't compatible with any version less than 10!
(still bitter over losing Elements 2.0 lol)
The times of Bibble - where they announced in September 2006 they were working on version 5, so anyone who bought version 4 from that point on got a free upgrade to 5. ; 5 Came out in 2009, and they are giving us a $20 upgrade to the new Corel AfterShot Pro. ; (through 1/31)