Hi Jon I do feel very aggrieved that we got a very bad deal. If your on subscription (even the EDU one) your still able (as far as I know ) to be able to download and install from the subscription center. Also licenses you have installed will continue to work.
We moved onto the ARC licenses which will not allow us to get the New Softimage. The point for us however is pretty much moot as no student in their right mind is going to spend money to learn an EOL software. We have asked , past, present and future students and its overwhelmingly the same answer. Even our current Softimage students are very concerned. This is one of the places where it became very obvious that AD had not thought this through properly at all. As soon as the EOL announcement was made. Softimage was no longer an option for us. Kind regards Angus ________________________________ From: Jon Hunt [[email protected]] Sent: 19 March 2014 01:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: EDU Versions Hi Maurice. I mailed you directly with the same question a short while ago. Thank you for your response (the same as you have just given) Angus, Pending Maurice s response, I have expressed my concerns that the education community have not been given the same time scale as industry to migrate i.e. one month Retirement has effected everyone in different ways but one month is not feasible. I presume that our institutions ultimate entertainment suite will have the 2015 version of Soft? If its the students that aren't eligible for their free downloadable version, this also isnt a fair time scale. I was going to contact my reseller but perhaps Maurice can answer. We have the Entertainment suite that contains all 3 soft/max/maya We have a games course that uses max and maya. when we migrate are we only eligible for 2 of the 3? We still need all 3 as we need to continue supporting students who are midway through their studies using Soft. Kind regards, Jon On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 9:58 PM, Maurice Patel <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi Angus, I believe so but let me check and confirm maurice Maurice Patel Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134<tel:514%20954-7134> From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 5:43 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: EDU Versions Hi Maurice Will the edu versions (ie the ones downloadable from the ARC website) be available when the others are released next month ? That only gives us a month and a bit before our course starts to change the course from Softimage to Maya. Kind regards Angus This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> </tr> </table>
