Thank you Maurice, that was most helpful.
On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Maurice Patel <[email protected]>wrote: > HI Eric > > These are good questions. I'll do my best to answer them > > > 1) When do we have to make the decision by. > You essentially have two years. The Transition Plan was created to give > you be until April 30th 2016 to make a decision so there is no rush to do > anything now. As long as you are on Softimage Subscription you will remain > eligible and you will be able to renew that subscription without migrating. > The transition is an opt-in program. > > > 2) if we find that it is just not working out, will we be able to > perpetually use the version of Soft and Maya frozen at the end of that > subscription? > This is the bit that gets a little bit complicated because exactly what > happens will depend on the choices you make but the answer is essentially > yes you will be able to > There are however a few different of scenarios: > > 1. You make the transition and let your subs expire before April 30th > 2016. > In this case you will retain the right to use both Softimage 2015 and > whatever version of Maya you were on at the time your contract expires in > perpetuity. > > 2. You make the transition, remain on Subscription after April 30th > 2016, but choose not to install any future versions of Maya after that > date. In this case you would also be able to keep both your Maya and > Softimage versions frozen in perpetuity if you wish to. It is only on > installing software that you have to accept a new license agreement. Any > licenses that you have purchased are yours in perpetuity and are only > replaced on installing new software. > > 3. You make the transition, remain on Subscription after April 30th > 2016, and install a new version of Maya after that date. In this case the > new license will replace the transition bundle license and will be Maya > only. Previously that meant losing access to Softimage. With the changes we > have just made you will now be able to access Softimage via Subscription in > the same way as you can access prior versions today. > > -- -=T=-
