Digital BW, The Print

I think many of the companies buy back old stock when they release the 
new versions.  Maybe just for that very reason.   I dunno for sure if Adobe is 
one of them or not  but I have heard of some having a buy back program. 

One of the smarter things (IMHO) is that Corel continues to sell old 
versions of their Corel Draw at a discount until they are all gone. This lets 
new users get their software (and hopefully like it enough to later upgrade) 
without spending the whole retail price.  That's how I got my first version. I 
have since upgraded several times so they made out with me.

Greg

> gotcha, but I still wonder why I've found no firm selling the older
> versions.  The upgrade is $149 on Adobe's site, and new is $609.  A
> "buy now" for 6.0 is $414.  So I would expect version 5.5 to be
> selling somewhere near the "buy now" less $149 less some inconvenience
> cost.