is this it for maya ? http://www.autodesk.com/products/autodesk-maya/buy
On 15 October 2013 23:48, Sergio Mucino <sergio.muc...@modusfx.com> wrote: > Autodesk is for some reason following Adobe's footsteps quite accurately. > Adobe started selling suites... Adesk did. Adobe goes rental... Adesk > follows. I really can't tell how positive or not the change will be, and > what it will mean for the future of the tools... I guess we'll have to wait > and see. The reactions to these decisions have been varied (some people are > not happy at all, some are quite happy). > > > On 15/10/2013 4:52 PM, Sven Constable wrote: > > Of course I meant one third of the costs for every tool, not three. And > I used "thirds" as a term incorrectly. It was lost in translation. Sorry > about that.**** > > ** ** > > sven **** > > ** ** > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [ > mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] > *On Behalf Of *Sven Constable > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 15, 2013 10:33 PM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* RE: Autodesk´s Sales model**** > > ** ** > > uhm, isn't he idea behind this model to cut any development costs by three > thirds in particular and sell all three as one package for a higher price? > And make it sound a good deal because costumers will get three tools > instead of one even they don't need one or two of them? Maybe I do not > comprehend here.**** > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [ > mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] > *On Behalf Of *Daniel Brassard > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 15, 2013 9:16 PM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: Autodesk´s Sales model**** > > ** ** > > It is this article and the current Softimage cross-grade offer that make > me decide to take the jump to the Ultimate Suite. I am glad I did, I can > now test plugins and shaders on the three platforms and do other things as > well. And enough money left for some nice plugins or apps too.**** > > ** ** > > AD may have a smart thing going here, let's see what the future bring.**** > > ** ** > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Alan Fregtman <alan.fregt...@gmail.com> > wrote:**** > > Did you read the whole thing?**** > > ** ** > > From the article:**** > > *"The plan is to shift customers away from single product purchases > toward suites, and to move from buying perpetual licenses to acquiring > software on long-term subscription or short-term rental."***** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 1:56 PM, David Rivera < > activemotionpictu...@yahoo.com> wrote:**** > > I came across this link:**** > > > http://gfxspeak.com/2013/10/02/autodesk-sales-strategy-includes-discontinuing-upgrade-purchases/ > **** > > ** ** > > So what happened to the "rental" sales model?**** > > ** ** > > David R.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > >
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