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Why don't companies give out prior versions of their software for free?

Asked by eponymoushipster (20297points) July 5th, 2009

Companies like Adobe, Microsoft, Apple – why not give out prior versions of their software for free once the next product cycle/version comes out? Yes, i know the default answer is: Because there’s no real difference between versions, there’s very little “new” in new versions of software. But, seriously, what do they have to lose?

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