Re: Autodesk´s Sales model

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 14:50:55 -0700

Autodesk is for some reason following Adobe's footsteps quite accurately. Adobe started selling suites... Adesk did. Adobe goes rental... Adesk follows. I really can't tell how positive or not the change will be, and what it will mean for the future of the tools... I guess we'll have to wait and see. The reactions to these decisions have been varied (some people are not happy at all, some are quite happy).


On 15/10/2013 4:52 PM, Sven Constable wrote:

Of course I meant one third of the costs for every tool, not three. And I used "thirds" as a term incorrectly. It was lost in translation. Sorry about that.

 

sven  

 

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sven Constable
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 10:33 PM
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Subject: RE: Autodesk´s Sales model

 

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
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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:

 

So what happened to the "rental" sales model?

 

David R.

 

 

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