Hi Angus, You are right about people wanting to maintain working pipelines based on older versions. This is our expectation and this has been taken into account. Still we have to start somewhere. Rental is the way many people want to go for flexibility. Today only e-flex gives that kind of capability (to a certain extent) but you have tp be a very large enterprise account to qualify. We continue to offer perpetual plus subscription which gives you prior version usage. Since we cannot talk aboutfuture releases and capability our hans are somewhat tied when it comes to talking abouthow we expect this to all evolve. Suffice it to say that we have to start somewhere and this is just the start. We expect that the model will be gradually integrated over time and inderstand that lack of forwards compatability for previous versions is 'currently' an adoption blocker. However there are usecases where rental purchase of the latest version is a benefit even without prior version support. Note the license model as designed does not entail forced upgrade each time a new release is issued but is designed to allow usage of the installed version until the user choses to upgrade
(usual legal safe harbour applies in that none of this is meant to be read as a guarantee and Autodesk reserves the right to change its plans at any time) On 2013-09-10, at 8:33 AM, "Angus Davidson" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Luc-eric > > I kinda suspected that was the case. It might be worth updating the FAQ just > to state that. However it shows just how far out of touch the people making > the decisions are. Even if your in the very lucky position that you are not > forced by some or other constraint to use a specific version, very few folks > will run the latest and greatest on a commercial project because it just > hasn't been proven. The risk of running into a project halting bug is just > too great. > > And with the greatest respect to Chris and the rest of the team the > turnaround on fixing those kinds of bugs just isnt fast enough to warrant the > additional risk. > > On the positive side South Africa is now included in the ARC program. This > means we can apply for up to 125 seats for free. Educational seems to be the > only AD$K division that has an actual policy and a plan. However thats only > going to last so long before the competition does likewise. > > Kind regards > > Angus > > ________________________________________ > From: Luc-Eric Rousseau [[email protected]] > Sent: 09 September 2013 08:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Softimage Rental? > > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Angus Davidson > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Apart from the glaring omission of SI from that list the things that worries >> me in the FAQ is that rental options dont have previous version rights. >> Unless I have read that incorrectly your SOL if your client needs you to >> work on a older version. >> >> One wonders how much if any thought has gone into this at all. > > Presently, that's not technical possible anyway, as the older builds > cannot deal with the new kind of licensing implementation. Only 2014 > SP1 and up can. > = > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" > style="width:100%;"> > <tr> > <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" > size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is > intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received > this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the > original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without > the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent > to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus > advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the > University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, > which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the > Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and > outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in > writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> > </tr> > </table> > >
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