Michael James <michael.james@csiro.au> [2003-03-27 15:25]:
The page I remember is not called an advance purchase, but a subscription, and doesn't include manuals.
Anyone else seen it??
No, but I'd buy a reasonably priced CD/DVD only version without any support in a heartbeat. I've purchased several Pro versions and find that I almost never use the paper manuals, and I never use the installation support. I live in the boondocks where no DSL or cable is available, so the ftp download is not an option. Even if it were, I'd be happy to pay a reasonable price for the convenience of having CDs/DVD. The cost of creating the manuals, packaging, shipping, and providing support, etc., has got to be large, and my bet is that a CD/DVD only version w/o support could be sold at an attractive price and still have a higher profit margin than the full retail package has. -rex -- "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." - Theodore Roosevelt (1918)