Why does Lightroom 5 install leave previous versions?

I just installed Lighteoom 5 on my system, and I had Lightroom 4. I expected it to just upgrade. Instead, I now have both? Why, I do not want both, I just want the most current one.Yes, I know I can uninstall the old one, and I did.. I just want to know why you made me do that?

I just want to know why you made me do that?
Because it's in your best interests for Adobe to do so.
The majority of users do not want newer versions of software automatically overwriting older versions, especially when there are major differences between the two, catalogues to upgrade and preferences and presets to migrate.
http://thelightroomlab.com/2013/06/how-to-upgrade-to-adobe-photoshop-lightroom-5/
Most people run both for a while until they're comfortable with the newer version and are certain that everything is working properly and glitch-free.
Then they uninstall the older version.

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