You did not really read all replys, did you? There are bundles for 6 and 11 nodes respectively. If you take a close look and actually contacted sales you would prolly realise that the price increase is FAR less dramatic then you might think.
For example the update from 1 existing 2.0 license to 1 3.0 GUI and 6 Renderslaves is 500 Euros. Compared to 400 Euros for the standard 1.5 to 2.0 upgrade and you get 6 slaves. I really fail to see how this licensing change would put Chaos anywhere even remotely near Adobe or Autodesk. That’s just ridiculous.
Regards,
Thorsten