Buy cs3 upgrade now with cs4 nearly here?

I was about to buy the CS3 DW upgrade and learned CS4 was
around the corner. Does anyone know if Adobe has any kind of
program that once a product upgrade is announced (CS4) they will
upgrade any purchases made for the purchase of a previous upgrade
(CS3) during some time window before CS4 is shipped? I would like
to upgrade to CS3 (from DW8) but don't want to buy 2 upgrades
within months of each other.
Thanks

> Does anyone know if Adobe has any kind of program that
once a product
> upgrade
> is announced (CS4) they will upgrade any purchases made
for the purchase
> of a
> previous upgrade (CS3) during some time window before
CS4 is shipped?
In the past, there has been a grace period (after the
announcement of the
new version) during which you can purchase the current
version and get a
free upgrade to the about-to-be-released version. Adobe
usually nominates a
date after which the free upgrade applies (and before which
it does not
apply).
The CS4 announcement is scheduled for Sep 23 so at present
there is no grace
period.
Perhaps wait until after the announcement and see what
offers, and cutoff
dates, are introduced by Adobe.
They'll be keenly aware that potential purchasers are
probably delaying
their purchase until after the Sep 23 announcement so I would
expect them to
announce their upgrade deals and grace periods fairly
promptly in order to
kickstart sales again.
Regards
John Waller

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