this has been discussed several times. i myself were first a sybex customer and have been annoyed quite a bit, so i can understand what you feel. however, conitec offers the opportunity to update sybex versions to "real" game studios (e.g. sybes std->conitex extra). but this has been when a6 was still in development. when a6 came out, i fear this service has died. nevertheless, ask jcl. if you can afford an update, of course.