There was never an expiration date or some intended strict rule around it. The hope was it'd have stayed up for a while longer than this to be honest, but within eight hours it had made it to web forums, tweets and all, and if it goes that viral that quick then it completely loses its meaning as a gesture and it just becomes a bandwagon for everybody to get the software cheaper.
Still, if anybody has any interest just download and try the demo for what you feel is a fair amount of time, and if you decide you like it just get in touch with Brad directly and I'd imagine within the month he'll still be able to do something about it if the name comes from this list or XSI in general. After all the point was never to save a few bucks, it was to make a public display of how some software houses are less corporate and more agile than AD has decided to configure themselves with this massive EOL blunder (less than a month for someone to decide whether to move to another app and timebomb their license or stick to a fully priced corpse of a release? Really?). It'll be up to Lux/Foundry to decide and show to what extent, within reason, they decide to make a private display of the above to those who get in touch. I'm Bccing Brad to this e-mail, and I think he's kept an eye on the Google Group posts, just so he knows what's going on. All in all it made some ripples and the response seems to have been overwhelmingly positive, which was the point of me sticking my neck out in first place, and the code going viral wasn't unexpected, just a lot quicker than I was hoping it would have taken. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Stefan Kubicek <[email protected]> wrote: > Thx for the update Tim, I was already wondering how they'd distinguish > between people from this list using the code, and others... :-) > > > > So here's an update from Brad concerning the coupon code for Modo... The > intent of the code was for this list as a sympathetic gesture. The code has > since been posted on CGSociety. Now that it's out in the wild, Brad is > concerned that the original intent of the code is getting lost the further > out it travels. As such, he has let us know that *he plans to turn off > the code in a few hours*. Meanwhile, anyone here who decides they are > interested can email him directly and he will work with you: > [email protected]. > > As for upgrades to 801... he says this: > > *"1. This price does not include maintenance. Mainly because we don't > have an official maintenance for modo. MODO users get service packs (bug > fixes not new features) for free for the duration of that major release.* > *2. When we release an upgrade we price protect 30 days back for new > purchasers.* > *3. We do not have an official release date on 801 but I can say it is > unlikely that it would be within 30 days.* > *4. Upgrades usually price at $495 (and we often discount that the first > couple weeks) so even buying with the promo code and then paying for an > upgrade the price is well below list for a single seat.* > > > > > * As you know, I always try to make right by people. If we release 801 > just outside the 30-day back support and someone really really feels like > we cheated them they can call me. I'll work it out. -Brad" * > > > > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------- > Stefan Kubicek > ------------------------------------------- > keyvis digital imagery > Alfred Feierfeilstraße 3 > A-2380 Perchtoldsdorf bei Wien > Phone: +43/699/12614231 > www.keyvis.at [email protected] > -- This email and its attachments are -- > --confidential and for the recipient only-- > -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
