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I didnt know about the previous pricing scheme. (I was lucky at the time, I just sold one of my watercolor paintings and used the money to buy v6inf directly). You're right  - significantly more expensive.
However, at the moment it seems their underlying philosophy is 'get them in at the cheap rate and they can spend the rest later, no penalty needed, we still make more money'. So why not apply the same to complete->infinite?
dburdick:
The question of mainenance  is not part of the issue I raised. I'm comparing upgrading to v7inf directly, without maintenance, to upgrading to v7complete and then to v7infinite without maintenance.
The second route should be possible and not significantly more expensive.
I am not asking for a better deal than existing v7i owners have, just a similar one.
I hope you are right that they will provide some solution to the problem in the near future - maybe opinions in this thread will help
janl:
Thank you for the info about photoshop, I'm glad even this presedece for 'no upgrade path'  doesnt exist.  And thanks for your info about not upgrading at all becuase of the 'no upgrade path' situation. Helps me show my point to e-on.
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