Seems to be the problem with capitalism in general, if it doesn't grow for two consecutive quarters, then it is in recession. Doesn't bode well for our planet when we all start thinking like this as it is entirely unsustainable...
N From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Raffaele Fragapane Sent: Wednesday, 2 May 2012 1:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: uk subscription pricing That's because they want you to buy the suites, instead of being on one of the smaller products. That way they can make "new seat" money, look good in front of the board of directors, and present figures that (artificially so) suggest their market isn't completely stagnant and deadlocked. The joys of being out in the stock market and having to grow in revenue and potential revenue every quarter, or suffer an onslaught of sales and stock depreciation. On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 11:01 PM, Daniel Sweeney <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: yeh I have not renewed my subs either because of this as i cannot justify the increase. bit of a joke. a friend said its pretty much the same price for the bottom subs of the creation suite. Daniel Sweeney 3D Generalist Mobile: +44 (0)7743429771<tel:%2B44%20%280%297743429771> Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <http://northforge.co.uk/> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Matt Morris <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I remember bringing this up a while back, talking about the lack of a silver subscription and an imminent uk price jump. I believe Maurice replied to say they were looking into it. However, since then it appears its been basically shelved because softimage customers are mostly on subscription and it could mean a revenue drop. So that leaves UK customers with a 70% price increase from last year's subscription. 70%!!! That's a huge amount, and will directly lead to me cancelling my second licence (which was only used periodically) and thinking hard about renewing the other. Given that commercials have had budgets slashed I just can't justify spending that much on a yearly basis. Its a shocking decision. Way to go Autodesk. -- www.matinai.com<http://www.matinai.com> -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
