That being the case, That some good graving Doeke :) (nodes in somber approval)
On 14 July 2015 at 18:48, Doeke Wartena <[email protected]> wrote: > To be honest i'm quite glad by all this. I'm hoping AD is graving it's own > grave. > > 2015-07-14 19:28 GMT+02:00 Eric Turman <[email protected]>: > >> @ Peter... touché ;^) >> >> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 11:54 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hey Eric, quite on the contrary, AD’s marketing is spot on: >>> It’s Maya. >>> For rent. >>> At a premium price. >>> Of course it’s for douchebags! >>> >>> Don’t forget, at AD, they are living so far in the future that these are >>> normal prices for a cup of coffee or daily rates – I think they call >>> that inflation. Or was it inflated? >>> >>> >>> *From:* Eric Turman <[email protected]> >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 14, 2015 4:39 PM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya! >>> >>> It's not you, Chris. It is very expensive for software that is only >>> rent-able--and yes, subscribing for a year is still effectively renting. I >>> brew my own coffee and pay less than 25 cents per cup--not $5.77 (the >>> adjusted price of a 5 day work week rather than 4.17 for working 7 days a >>> week.) The whole thing comes off as sleazy car salesman, but it is >>> unfortunately what I would expect from AD. >>> >>> I would, however, not be surprised if we see someone from AD jumping >>> onto this thread explaining this latest 'benevolent' ploy and how this is >>> better for all of us kind of horsepucky. >>> >>> <rant> >>> One of the biggest parts of Autodesk and Adobe CC is that for >>> production, generally, we don't care about the having the cutting edge >>> until it has been proven stable. So while having access to beta to know >>> what is coming down the pike and to test how the new version is going to >>> break tools, the truth of the day to day is that we need a stable version >>> of the software to get our work done quickly and with the fewest problems. >>> AD marketing is so clueless to paint us in the light that we are all a >>> bunch of hipster douche-bags pushing a button to advance to the next script >>> and letting the computer work for a few hours while we go off in between >>> mountain-biking and surfing like a glorified George Jetson. >>> </rant> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> -=T=- >> > >
