Hi Maurice,
Just want to be sure I gt this right, I can have versions of Softimage
2015 all the way back to 7.5 running on the same computer if need be?
Thanks,
Leoung
On 14/05/2014 3:32 PM, Maurice Patel wrote:
Hi Matt,
Any 7.5 license you have should continue to work indefinitely and if you need
to migrate it to a new computer we so support that capability (through our
customer support group). If you need to guarantee access to 7.5 your best bet
is to keep some licenses. Your Subscription contract only provides access to
the last three versions prior to the current release (i.e. 2014, 2013 and
2012). However, technically we can issue any license we have ever issued (but
not licenses for versions that were issued by Avid). We only do that in
exceptional cases and this is almost certainly something you would need to work
out with Sales first. It is rather rare that we have to do this because, for
software that old, you pretty much have to purchase a new license anyway (from
a price perspective).- So why not keep your old one? You could instead purchase
Maya with Softimage 2015 and keep Softimage 7.5. This would avoid a lot of
hassle because, as per the usage agreement for prior versions, you cannot have
concurrent versions of the same software running which would mean
un-installing, re-installing software each time you switch versions. This is
all managed on a trust basis. Since all licenses are permanent ones, there is
nothing stopping you from doing this other than that the subscription contract
stipulates that you do not. Prior versions were really created as a means for
Subscription customers to maintain pipelines on 'recent' older versions and
manage pipeline upgrades over a three year window and not as a means of
accessing any software release we have ever developed.
Maurice
Maurice Patel
Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134
From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Matt Lind
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 1:41 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: MayaSoft - previous versions
Hello Maurice,
Is there a limit how far back the license server will go in terms of supporting
older versions of Softimage? We currently use 2013 SP1, but prior to that we
were using Softimage 7.5 and still need to occasionally jump into 7.5 to exhume
old data which have dependencies specific to 7.5 (we have a ton of 7.5 data).
Matt
From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Maurice Patel
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 9:49 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: MayaSoft - previous versions
Hi everyone,
There appears to be some database glitches in our back end systems that are
causing the problems like the case of Leendert. The ops team is trying to
resolve this. This is a bit like bug fixing - we need to find and identify the
problem fix it so the problem does not reoccur. We are sorry if this is taking
a bit longer than expected. If you migrate you ARE entitled to prior versions
of Softimage as part of your Subscription. We just need to iron out some kinks
so please bear with us
maurice
Maurice Patel
Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134
From:
softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Leoung O'Young
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 12:38 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>
Subject: Re: MayaSoft - previous versions
I e-mailed Maurice Patel directly a few days ago regarding Softimage Maya
license transfer, he suggest we should be able to use
Softimage 2015 license and previous version access through the Subs center.
Although I haven't gone through this process myself, too busy with other things.
Leoung
On 14/05/2014 12:04 PM, Ciaran Moloney wrote:
Any chance you're trying to start 2014 while you already have 2015 open?
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Leendert A. Hartog
<hirazib...@live.nl<mailto:hirazib...@live.nl>> wrote:
After a long struggle with the subscription center my new "Maya with Softimage" license finally
arrived today. So "happy, happy, joy, joy" (Ren and Stimpy style). But there seems to be one
downside to this, which those of you still planning this "transition" might want to know about. The
new license apparently strips you of your previous versions usage rights, i.e. I wasn't able to run Softimage
2014 on this new license, whereas this was still possible with my recent Softimage 2015 license. It's
possible that this has been mentioned before and/or this purely a mistake I am making, if so, I'm truly sorry
for the additional noise, but I thought it was a fact worth noting. Personally I can probably live without
the previous versions usage rights, but I doubt everybody on this list can quite as easily. If this, however,
is simply me doing something stupidly wrong, please tell me, so I can hunt for the mistake at my end.
Greetz
Leendert
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