+1. This is a fair & reasonable thing to expect after the many thousands of dollars invested in Softimage and the years of subscription fees. It would go a long ways towards alleviating my own frustration with the current situation.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arvid Björn Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 11:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: License to END if you migrate?! I honestly don't see why we couldn't just have the frozen Softimage version be included in the Maya/Max license after migrating, I'm forced to decimate my total number of seats in order to retain access to my Softimage projects, you're forcing everyone to buy new seats, to cover for the ones you will loose in order to keep some Softimage seats available. It's simply unacceptable. On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 8:18 PM, Maurice Patel <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Sorry I the last two bullets came out a bit garbled: Should be - You can keep using the license you have in perpetuity, either by itself or augmented by other non-Autodesk software, a lot of which was discussed elsewhere - Migrate to the Transition Bundle - this is a single license that allows you to use two products (Softimage and either Maya or 3ds Max). You will now be able to use both products concurrently (the license functions like a Suite license). If you are on Subscription you can migrate at no cost. Even if you migrate you will still have two options depending on whether Maya (or 3ds Max) works for you or not: o If it is not working out for you, you can stop renewing subscription - you will then still be able to use both products in perpetuity (at whatever release version Maya or 3ds Max is on at the time) o If it is working for you and you renew Subscription, after two years when we stop support, you will be moved to wither a Maya-only or 3ds Max-only subscription plan. o If you want to migrate but continue to access Softimage after two years, we recommend that you not transition all your seats or if you do, do not keep the Subscription current on all of them - that way you will have a few licenses that you can maintain to access older projects Maurice Maurice Patel Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 <tel:514%20954-7134>
