Just to add: For me it's also not possible to get subscription, because I'm on 2011? There this 365days limit with an extension called 'late attachment fee' or something. Not sure though.
As an existing costumer and not beeing on sub, I can upgrade until February 1, 2015. Autodesk will discontinue any ugrades to every products by then. Other solo freelancers and one-man-shops should be aware of this and not missing the deadline (if using older versions or not beeing on sub). You don't have time until April 2016 but only until Feb2015... sven From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sven Constable Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 8:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: ****** MAYA BETTER NOT SUCK ******* I dont'really care :) I chose not to be on subscription and I will keep it that way. It's not about ADSK, other companies tried to establish these business models as well. Time based licensing, subscription advantage packs. Effectively its like going to your local car dealer, sayin: "Hey I need a new car!.. Very well, sir. It costs 10.000 dollars. You'll have to pay me right now and I will deliver your car next year. I cannot say what model it will be, but it will be good!" Of course no one would acccept that. In terms of software, people buy it. I don't get it. I'm on version2011 and it works out for me to upgrade every 4 or maybe 5 years. Regarding the upcoming 2015 release...I don't expect any SAP versions like 2015.5 or so. There will be hotfixes and one, maybe two service packs. These will be available to all costumers, even if not on subscription. I'm not sure how all this applies to the standalone version and the various suites. I'm using Softimage2011 NLM (floating license) sven From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christoph Muetze Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 7:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ****** MAYA BETTER NOT SUCK ******* Hey Sven, ..buying another year of subscription would cost less than half of that afair... Still i'm not sure if it's worth it :/ Chris On 17/03/14 19:23, Sven Constable wrote: Of course I'm talking about the regular upgrade. Currently it's EUR 2,750 for the 2014 upgrade, available to costumers with version 2008 and up . Maybe more, maybe less for the next version upgrade... From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sven Constable Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 7:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: ****** MAYA BETTER NOT SUCK ******* I'm sure Maurice posted this statement on the list, but I didn't find it in the many posts right now. And it is what I'm expecting from a product, even I bought it from Autodesk. I'm a costumer, I can upgrade. :) There is the 'six version back limit', I think. So you can upgrade from version2009 and up. sven
