That may be. However, if a store mistakenly posts a lower price tag on a displayed item (or in a printed ad), they are required by law to sell the item at the lower price.
Push comes to shove, since there is clear proof that the original annoucenment did not contain a disclaimer about retail boxes, Nova could conceivably be forced to extend the offer to all those who purchased Parallels between the original announcement and the time the disclaimer was finally put up on the web page. I'm a sure very few people relish the idea of filing a lawsuit over something that costs <$100. Still, I think it would be a morally correct thing to do for Nova to extend the offer to anyone who bought a retail box between December 1 and December 10 (today being the first day that the existence of the disclaimer was officially noted on this forum).
We shall see what happens when the next version is released. I'm thinking positive thoughts
Last edited: Dec 11, 2006