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>1) A New Pro User version, full-price
>2) A Standard Upgrade version, half of that price, issued like the vfp8 EULA
>3) A Pro "Continuous" Version (for lack of a better word, at the moment), a price perhaps $100 more than #2, but would allow existing users to upgrade and still retain previous versions.

Well they came close - about $100. more in the basic prices from last version, seems to me, all without an option 3.

But the real kicker for me (and most, I hazard) is that this EULA change has been virtually UNKNOWN by anybody until someone stumbled upon it! This when MS is "building community". A fine way to treat a community. And a finer way to build trust in that same community.