I agree that using the Save As command is not a good method for modifying files. However, the correct syntax for this modified should be "Save & Save As."

Here is an analogy one could one make to the current implementation -- you request to be billed later, but instead the full amount is deducted from your bank account now, and you are also sent another bill in the mail a week later, which you pay because you didn't know you already paid for it.

Something makes me think that there are a lot of giant egos at Apple now, making eccentric decisions, and Steve Jobs isn't around to tell them they are stupid.