Any need to keep old versions of Logic

Is there any need to keep my older versions of Logic... I know have Logic 6 thru Logic 9.... Those of you with all the versions do you keep the older versions or do you keep them laying around?
thanks
RD

I keep them because every once in a while a mix comes my way on an old Logic format. I did decide to get rid of them at one point and then found I had to reinstall so I could pull up some of my old tunes.
FTR: any work done before L7 has to be loaded into L7 and saved before it can be loaded into L8 and L9
So yes, I keep L7 and 8 just in case.

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Ideally Bridge is the 'bridge' between those apps but due to many differences between the separate CS versions Bridge (and other apps) are not very good in working together.
Namely the start up scripts won't load or function in Bridge CS5 when the other apps don't have this same CS number. (as said, CS5 and CS5.5 might be possible) so communication with tools menu or MiniBridge will not be smooth-less or not possible at all.
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And the biggest space consumer is in your user library / caches/ Adobe / Bridge CSxx. inhere is a folder called Cache and this can grow to huge proportions if you use it a lot.
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I recently started a new position and plesently found my work station already set up with Creative Suite 5.5, but then saw CS 4 and CS 3 as well. When I asked IT why they were all there, the response was that upgrades build off of one another. If we were to uninstall 4 and 3, 5.5 wouldn't work.
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I am not interested in updating or upgrading to any new version of Logic since I am using other programs for my music nowadays. I just want to be able to open my old mixes and use the old program for mastering some new tracks (it is STILL great for that!).
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