The new licensing policy is great, kudos to Autodesk... the only missing piece is add Linux support, seems a bit embarrassing that their software works fine on linux but the licensing system is not figured out yet.
On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Angus Davidson <angus.david...@wits.ac.za> wrote: > Got the following email a few days ago > > Autodesk maintenance subscription is going to be attached for free to your > edu licences, > > As much as I call out Autodesk when they are doing things wrong(the way > they handled the EOL for softimage was particularly brutal for EDU), the > one thing they are doing , better then anyone else is getting students > access to their products. > > Kind regards > > Angus > > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" > style="width:100%;"> > <tr> > <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" > size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication > is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and > destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this > communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised > signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the > University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message > may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal > views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and > opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All > agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South > African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. > </span></font></td> > </tr> > </table> > > >