sold! On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 9:10 AM, Angus Davidson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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] [[email protected]] > *Sent:* 30 April 2015 05:53 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *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:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Angus Davidson > *Sent:* Thursday, April 30, 2015 11:08 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *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. > > > > > > 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. > >
