On Wednesday, October 6, 2004, at 01:31 PM, Jamie Pruden wrote: > They reconfigured the software so that there really isn't a comparable > product... the "upgrade" (really a new product) price was almost as > much as the full price on the original product. Ugh. your lucky - Steinberg sells a bug-fix to it's $799 Cubase SX (basically the most expensive BETA ever) for $150... i love it when a software company tries to sell you the bug-fixes as the `new version'... I hope there's a SPECIAL place in HELL for people who are behind this new-era scheme/business-model that a lot of modern companies seem to be adopting!