We have cut our Adobe licences from over 100 to just 45. The unfortunate thing which doesn't seem to be mentioned is that Adobe locks you into a 3 year contract in education . ie I cant drop my licences to say 30 next year. So much for flexibility and affordability.
Luckily our game design academics are pro open source , and as much as not having Softimage annoys me Autodesk EDU policies are first rate. Sketch Book Pro is now taking care of all of our concept stuff, and we are looking to folks like Algorithmic for texturing. So once our indentured servitude to Adobe runs out thats it for us. If Modo and Nuke are Adobe products by then, there are alternatives. ________________________________ From: Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] [j.ponthi...@nasa.gov] Sent: 30 April 2015 05:53 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: "The shadow over The Foundry" One has to wonder how many others are starting to evaluate or recognize the consequences of Cloud’s long term costs and scalability costs. The thing that surprised me the most was their encouragement of the use of alternative applications: http://art.buffalo.edu/2014/01/10/alternatives-to-adobe-creative-cloud/ -- Joey __________________________________________________ Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not represent the opinions of NASA or any other party. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 11:08 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: "The shadow over The Foundry" I so agree with that. Unfortunately our Academics are still stuck in the have to use the market standard age. drives me insane. Luckily I have been at long last been allowed to bring one of the macs home , Can install everything. Create a drive image and use that to clone the rest. So at least our redo of the machines mid year wont drive me to distraction. It also amazes me that people don't do the subscription math over 3 or more years. Once the "suck you in deals" are gone its far more expensive. <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">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. </span></font></td> </tr> </table
