This has been discussed quite for a while, so it should be news. The one piece of information in the article that is not entirely true is the assumption customers stay on older versions of software only because they can.
Reality is many stay on older versions because productions with longer timelines need to freeze on a version to ensure no regressions creep into the pipeline during the critical part of the schedule. R+D in production is at a premium and they cannot be spending oodles of time fixing the same stuff again and again. Many other studios have no R+D at all, they’re on thinner ice with thin profit margins and breakneck schedules just to keep the doors open. As the saying goes, “In the heat of battle, the best weapon is a familiar one”. Another reason which applies in general – Autodesk really hasn’t given any incentive to upgrade as the feature improvements have been fairly minimal but problems have been all too frequent. Why would a customer invest money to upgrade a product which makes life more difficult? Matt From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of pedro santos Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 2:55 PM To: Softimage Mailing List Subject: ADSK going Subscription only? Solid Info? o_O http://www.studiodaily.com/2014/10/autodesk-plans-to-go-subscription-only-over-next-one-to-two-years/?utm_source=feedly&utm_reader=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=autodesk-plans-to-go-subscription-only-over-next-one-to-two-years Cheers -- ________________________________ [http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s202/animatics/probiner-sig.gif] Pedro Alpiarça dos Santos Animator 3DModeler Illustrator >> http://probiner.x10.mx/
