I see the feature list year by year and well… I am very disappointed on Autodesk's way of handling quite a few products, starting from Softimage, Motion Builder, Mudbox, etc…
my 2 cents Jordi Bares [email protected] On 15 Oct 2013, at 21:33, "Sven Constable" <[email protected]> wrote: > uhm, isn't he idea behind this model to cut any development costs by three > thirds in particular and sell all three as one package for a higher price? > And make it sound a good deal because costumers will get three tools instead > of one even they don't need one or two of them? Maybe I do not comprehend > here. > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Brassard > Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 9:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Autodesk´s Sales model > > It is this article and the current Softimage cross-grade offer that make me > decide to take the jump to the Ultimate Suite. I am glad I did, I can now > test plugins and shaders on the three platforms and do other things as well. > And enough money left for some nice plugins or apps too. > > AD may have a smart thing going here, let's see what the future bring. > > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Alan Fregtman <[email protected]> > wrote: > Did you read the whole thing? > > From the article: > "The plan is to shift customers away from single product purchases toward > suites, and to move from buying perpetual licenses to acquiring software on > long-term subscription or short-term rental." > > > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 1:56 PM, David Rivera > <[email protected]> wrote: > I came across this link: > http://gfxspeak.com/2013/10/02/autodesk-sales-strategy-includes-discontinuing-upgrade-purchases/ > > So what happened to the "rental" sales model? > > David R. >
