im guessing they don't want you to have 2 production apps for the price of one, basically admitting that a two year old Soft will be AT LEAST as productive as Maya 2016 a
_____ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Ben Rogall Sent: 04 March 2014 17:42 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Softimage transition audience poll Yep. Or $4495 for a workstation license and then $2495 per year. For a minute there it looked like Autodesk was doing something half reasonable with the free transition offer to Softimage + Maya. But then I saw that accepting that means that I would not be allowed to use Softimage at all after February 2016. I'm not even sure what Autodesk gains from that. Ben On 3/4/2014 11:00 AM, Francois Lord wrote: What I find interesting in the fact that people want to jump the Autodesk boat is that they seem to forget they have to buy a new software. For a company that relies entirely on Softimage, that decision is not a cheap one. Houdini is 7000$ for a floating license plus 4000$ per year! http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content <http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=385&Itemid= 190> &task=view&id=385&Itemid=190 In two years when Bifrost will be nearing maturity, Maya will become a lot more appealing if you stay on subscription. Be kind with your bean counter. just sayin. On 04-Mar-14 11:37, Alan Fregtman wrote: I've set up a poll out of curiosity... Where will you transition to when Softimage falls? Vote! http://strawpoll.me/1257710 (Multiple-choice allowed btw.)
