I hate to say I told you so, but...
All I can say now is I feel bad for Max users, they are most likely next on the chopping block. Subscription-only was a given, and obvious. It is a win for AD, and hurts the users. Just look at Adobe. That has not played out well for many people, myself included. Autodesk doing this really sucks for the users (that I am not one of anymore, thankfully) to not have a choice, but then again, Autodesk doesn't care all that much about giving choices to the customer, or doing the right thing. You kind of can't blame them, they are a corporation. It is like blaming a wolf for eating a sheep. It is what they DO. *(to the music from Ferris Bueller's Day Off)* *"I said it before and I'll say it again. Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around* *at software outside Autodesk, you might be stuck using Maya."* On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Graham Bell <[email protected]> wrote: > No, more to do with being public listed company. > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson > Sent: 04 February 2015 17:11 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Subscription Transition for New Software Licenses > > Am I the only one not impressed that they spent more of the press release > covering their own ass. > > Sign of the times. > > > -- > Angus Davidson > ICT Project Leader - Digital Arts > University of the Witwatersrand > > > On 04 February 2015 at 3:25:51 PM, Leendert A. Hartog ([email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>) wrote: > This just dropped in my mailbox: > "Autodesk Details Subscription Transition for New Software Licenses" > > http://news.autodesk.com/press-release/archived/autodesk-details-subscription-transition-new-software-licenses > > Greetz > Leendert > > -- > > Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue > Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com > This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. > If you have received this communication in error, please notify us > immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or > disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. > Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on > behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content > of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may > contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not > necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, > Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are > subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the > contrary. > </table<> > > > > -- Perry Harovas Animation and Visual Effects http://www.TheAfterImage.com <http://www.theafterimage.com/> -25 Years Experience -Member of the Visual Effects Society (VES)
