It was interesting to hear from my reseller lately that the prices of subscription are basically back to where they were before the price increase in germany. The 100.- Euro late-re-subscription-fee seems to be off at the moment as well.
Next thing we know will be Softimage in the Apple App Store for 400$... ;-) Cheers, Tom On 25 August 2012 05:56, Rares Halmagean <[email protected]> wrote: > It's sad to hear about the layoffs. I wonder how much the price increases > had contributed to the reduction in sales. > > Right, 'good luck with that autodesk' is my off the cuff response as far > as moving all products to cloud. I think it's great that autodesk is moving > with the tech and if a cloud solution is a faster , less buggy more > affordable offering I'll be one of the first to sign up. I'd have a serious > issue with having studio ip housed on their servers though. > > > On 8/24/2012 7:04 PM, John Richard Sanchez wrote: > > This was posted on SI Community . I am posting so you can reflect. > *Car bass said: > > The restructuring is focused primarily of the company’s shift to cloud and > mobile computing.“This action allows us to continue to invest in recruiting > and hiring people who can bring Autodesk the skills and experience that are > critical for achieving our mid and long-term goals, says Bass. “As part of > the ongoing platform shift, it’s clear to us that design and engineering > software will move to cloud and mobile platforms. Cloud and mobile has been > a major investment area for Autodesk over the past couple of years and this > restructuring will accelerate our progress as we intend to further invest > in employees with expertise and skill sets essential to this transition.* > > Stephen on cgtalk brought up an interesting quote from awhile back. > > > *According to a recent interview with Autodesk's CEO Carl Bass, in a few > years the company's software would be running online ("cloud-based" only). > Quoting from the interview (2m26sec): "I'd say 2 to 3 years from now every > one of our products will be used online. The only way to use them will be > online."** > * > * > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Stefan Andersson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I doubt there will be any official statement. Let's hope they (who ever >> it will be) will find a safe harbor somewhere. Unemployment isn't good for >> anyone >> Media division was apparently down 10% this year, let's "hope" it will >> mostly effect 3dsmax. >> >> Regards >> Stefan >> >> >> On Friday, August 24, 2012, Greg Punchatz wrote: >> >>> Not wanting to start a doom and gloom thread, just wanted to know if this >>> is going to affect us sooner than later, and whether or not we have lost >>> any of our friends at soft to this. >>> http://mashable.com/2012/08/23/autodesk-lays-off-7-of-entire-staff/ >>> >>> ( >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *Greg Punchatz* >>> *Sr. Creative Director* >>> Janimation >>> 214.823.7760 >>> www.janimation.com >>> >>> >> >> -- >> stefan andersson - digital janitor - http://sanders3d.wordpress.com >> > > > > -- > www.johnrichardsanchez.com > > >
