Academic: 179 + 179; Regular: 199 + 99 - OUCH!

Correct me if I'm wrong but...
I qualify for academic pricing. I bought Aperture 1 at a discount ($179?). It's not upgradable -- the disadvantage of the discount.
For A2, my choice is $179 for Academic (I still qualify), or $199 for regular . Either way, I end up as a top-dollar user.
Regular first-time buyer of A2 -- $199
Regular upgrader of A1 to A2 -- $298 (total cost for both versions)
Academic twice -- $358 (total cost for both versions)
Academic moving to regular -- $378 (total cost for both versions)
Did I do the math right?
Apple, couldn't you offer an Academic-to-regular-pro-purchaser path price of $119? That would get me and the many like me into A2 at the same rate as an upgrader.

Richard Hall wrote:
Could someone tell me where it is written that academic versions of Aperture 1 cannot be upgraded vis the $99 offer?
I can't tell you where its written, but I can tell you that even if you have Aperture version 1.5.x and it is the academic version - you can not upgrade to Aperture 2.0 for $99. As a registered user, I got an offer to upgrade to Aperture 2 for $99. There were no restrictions mentioned in the offer with regards to Academic versions. The link to the upgrade web page offer does not mention any restriction on Academic versions either (at least at the time I looked).
However, being aware of the problems people were having upgrading with their valid license keys, I called Apple about the upgrade. Initially, I was pointed to a web page that again did not state any Academic restrictions. When I finally got the right person at Apple, and gave them my license # (key); they came back and said that I could not upgrade to Aperture 2 for $99, because my license was for the Academic version.
I strongly suggested that Apple needs to:
1) not e-mail the $99 upgrade invites to those registered under Academic licenses, and
2) change their upgrade web page so that it provides a clear warning about the upgrade not being available to those with an Academic version/license.
Apple should also modify their Aperture Upgrade Checker tool to look for and warn customers that they have an Academic copy of Aperture and can not upgrade, unless they pay full price.
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