Subscription (e.g. updates and bugfixes) isn´t bad in itself,
what worries me is the stealing away from providing support for a specific
release
to forcing the client into a subscription model that has nothing to do with a
specific release but instead has the potential to be re-labeled as the
equivalent to
subscribing to a service. You don´t own a specific software, you pay for the
service
of being granted access to using a range of software.
Or more simply put for comparison, you don´t get to marry your very own special
wife,
you are expected to pay just to spend time with "a woman"...
Cat in a bag.
Very nice model for the vendor not so nice for the client.
Cheers,
tim
On 03.10.2014 00:08, Matt Lind wrote:
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
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*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
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