Ah, right. Missed the "older version" part. Thanks for clarifying.
Sergio Muciño. Sent from my iPad. > On Aug 12, 2014, at 1:17 AM, Eric Turman <i.anima...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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" <sergio.muc...@gmail.com> 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 <furik...@gmail.com> 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)" >> >> <jill.ram...@autodesk.com> 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> >> >
