Having now seen the structure of offer to Pro licensees, it is about the same as I was first suggesting (free upgrade to 8 and no special discount on PP2010 when it comes out). Especially so since Mr. Cooper is saying full deduction of the P8 upgrade. So that is fair as far as it goes. Remember, to "get the advaantage" of the P8 features, Pro people will be without key PPro features for up to a year.

So SM 'has the float' on that. I still would have prefered the other way: let SM ante up the free upgrade to P8 (which costs them nothing on COGS) and trust that the excitement on PP2010 they can generate would retain license renewal/upgrade for Pro people.

It feels like PP2010 is a good 9-12 months away from release.

But no big deal, i am not whining, just pointing out the power positioning.

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