I guess you could also rent the Maya license for the duration of the project. Renting is a very attractive solution for that particular scenario.
Sergio Muciño. Sent from my iPad. > On Aug 11, 2014, at 7:59 PM, Martin <furik...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If rental is like subscription then you can use previous versions you have > bought in the past, so for a newcomer it is as useless as buying it. > > So what if, hypothetically, I receive an offer to work in Maya 2012 which I > don't own and the payment is good enough to invest on it. With the current > system my only option is to reject the job so I don't see how Autodesk wins > here. Well, another option would be to reject the job and buy Maya 2015 so > maybe I can have another opportunity 3 years later. And 4 years later (2019) > odds are I'll have a job offer to work in Maya 2015, which I bought but can't > use unless my retailer does some special exception. > > The solution is simple. Don't restrict the previous versions (even if you > haven't bought them), and don't give support to 3+ years old versions if that > is what you are afraid of, support is not as important as being able to use > the software. Autodesk won't lose money because we still need to buy the > latest version and keep paying subscriptions. > > So Autodesk doesn't understand how the industry works, or they just don't > give a shit. > > Martin > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 2014/08/12, at 4:07, "Jill Ramsay (Contractor)" >> <jill.ram...@autodesk.com> wrote: >> >> Just to be clear, rental is actually Desktop Subscription, which does >> include the right to use the previous version. >> >> Jill >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> >> Yet the only version you can buy or rent is the latest one, which nobody >> uses and can't save in previous versions, so it is completely useless for >> work. >> >> <winmail.dat> >
