"Lorraine, that's what I was about to say. I think the idea here is to give those using illegal copies the opportunity to buy a legal copy, resulting in fewer illegal users." They do- it's called pay-the-full-damn-price-like-everyone-else. You BUY an older version, you get an upgrade price. You copy or warez or steal an older version, you don't Any questions? (They should have called it the "poor baby" sale.)