I would also be interested to know the official answers to Acorn’s questions.

I did find this page on Xara’s website talking about “Legacy products’’ although not sure if it’s just an old rogue/obsolete webpage left over from the Magix era.

https://www.xara.com/compare-plusplans/

It contains the following bullet points:

  • Standard Features The basics to get design done.
  • Higher upfront commitment Buy one version and own it. Purchase yearly upgrades.
  • Yearly Upgrade Simple improvements & fixes