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Any word on price? I'm assuming there's so many options in order to justify the one most of us will want ("ultimate" edition) will cost a bazillion dollars.
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That'd be my guess. This is really kind of an interesting move on their part, and it does make some degree of sense in their anti-piracy efforts. Now they're able to offer (theoretically) less expensive home options, while at the same time forcing businesses to pay more for features that they want. They've also said that bulk licensing will only be available for the pro versions, which will be missing features that the home/ultimate versions have, meaning that the "corporate key" loophole will be closed.
Honestly, the best innovation that could come out of this structure would be getting rid of the outdated "one copy per PC" rule. Perhaps a feature of the Home Premium package would be the (legal) ability to install on multiple machines on a home network (or at least, the ability to buy cheap additional licenses).