That was not the case earlier this year when we wanted to rent a 2013 Maya...we were told that only 2014 was available to us. On Aug 11, 2014 9:37 PM, "Sergio Mucino" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I guess you could also rent the Maya license for the duration of the > project. Renting is a very attractive solution for that particular scenario. > > Sergio Muciño. > Sent from my iPad. > > > On Aug 11, 2014, at 7:59 PM, Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > If rental is like subscription then you can use previous versions you > have bought in the past, so for a newcomer it is as useless as buying it. > > > > So what if, hypothetically, I receive an offer to work in Maya 2012 > which I don't own and the payment is good enough to invest on it. With the > current system my only option is to reject the job so I don't see how > Autodesk wins here. Well, another option would be to reject the job and buy > Maya 2015 so maybe I can have another opportunity 3 years later. And 4 > years later (2019) odds are I'll have a job offer to work in Maya 2015, > which I bought but can't use unless my retailer does some special exception. > > > > The solution is simple. Don't restrict the previous versions (even if > you haven't bought them), and don't give support to 3+ years old versions > if that is what you are afraid of, support is not as important as being > able to use the software. Autodesk won't lose money because we still need > to buy the latest version and keep paying subscriptions. > > > > So Autodesk doesn't understand how the industry works, or they just > don't give a shit. > > > > Martin > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On 2014/08/12, at 4:07, "Jill Ramsay (Contractor)" < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Just to be clear, rental is actually Desktop Subscription, which does > include the right to use the previous version. > >> > >> Jill > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> > >> > >> Yet the only version you can buy or rent is the latest one, which > nobody uses and can't save in previous versions, so it is completely > useless for work. > >> > >> <winmail.dat> > > > >
