These thoughts are spawned by the announcement today of of an ‘extended’ version of Photoshop CS3. I’ve never seen the reasoning behind having two versions of a product like this. Take Flash 8 vs. Flash 8 Professional for example- the difference in feature set between the two versions is huge! I [perhaps wrongly] assume that anyone shelling out that much cash for a product would always pay the extra hundred dollars for the more comprehensive version. I cannot help but see the situation as a ‘full’ version of the product vs. a ‘light’ version no matter what it is actually called. Maybe I’m way off here and perhaps the ‘basic’, ‘standard’, and ‘light’ product versions are actually in high demand? From my perspective- it just seems to create more confusion than anything… I admit I may be totally wrong/biased in this line of thought!
Although I (somewhat) agree, it could be worse. Look at the 6/8/whatever versions of Windows Vista…