Re: Soft licenses still available for purchase?

[Jason S]

Hi Maurice, Considering that likely quite a few people (very-much including myself) would like to (legally) have access to the software they have been using for many-many years without necessarily wanting or needing a licence of Maya or 3DS Max, (even if using Maya or Max, licenses are typically already supplied by studios). Nevertheless, now that we are coming close to the last chance before Feb deadline, would it be conceivable to have a short window to have Soft only purchases at what could be considered a fair price for unsupported and discontinued software? Because nearly 4k (or the standard price of fully supported/updated software) is okay (even good) if looking to get Maya anyways, but for probably the majority of people thinking of buying the bundle just to get Soft, I think it can be understandable how that price can be considered unrealistically or otherwise extraordinarily high. Perhaps not unlike how DS Studios were asking for an opportunity to upgrade without paying the price of fully supported and developped software, except in our case, most Softimage users didn't have licenses themselves. joeydanna: I just think its absurd for avid to ask full price for the upgrade, especially when it will only be available until the end of september.   My plan was to upgrade next year. I can't really afford to right now. So basically my options are stay on 10.3 forever, or pay full price for an upgrade on a dead product, and do it much sooner then i was originally planning to. Honestly - all i really want is the upgrade to windows 7. $5,000 is a hard pill to swallow for that. It was worth it for the upgrade when the system was still being developed, and staying current mattered. $5k to upgrade a dead-end system, that will no matter what eventually have to be retired just isn't worth it.   Avid: *please* think about discounting or comping 10.x owners for the 11 upgrade. If i can move to V11, i will almost certainly be maintaining and upgrading media composer on the system in the future. You would absolutely be keeping a long time customer, and I know i'm not the only one out there. ____________________________ Exactly the same here! We've got 2 DS 10.2 workstations. The main reason I'd like to upgrade now is the win7 (x64) official support. As a faithful Avid customer we already upgraded 2 times our 2 DS workstations in 5 years (including full hardware upgrade). Since Avid DS EOL, I'm wondering if Avid will offer or at least discount the 10.x to 11.1 update? ___________________ Re: DS 11 cost? Marianna Avid Community Administrator Anyone interested in DS 10 to 11, ping me on email.  The cost is less than you think and comes with support :) Happy to get you to the right person - so let me know your region. Marianna So if a Soft only discount price would be possible (for say users on this list and on SI-Community?) , I'm quite positive that many people (including myself) would be quite greatful for an opportunity to (legally) continue using the software they have grown to love over the years and that has marked their careers. In any event, thanks very much for your consideration, Jason On 09/15/15 12:57, Maurice Patel wrote: These bundles are perpetual licenses maurice Maurice Patel Tél: 514 954-7134 Cell: 514 242-6549 From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Eric Turman Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 12:23 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Soft licenses still available for purchase? Maurice, Is it still a perpetual Soft license or do you lose it when you go off of subscription? Cheers, -=Eric On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 10:26 AM, Maurice Patel <maurice.pa...@autodesk.com<mailto:maurice.pa...@autodesk.com>> wrote: NP Tim, It is essentially a bundle of these two products. It is the same price as either Maya or 3ds Max standalone. It was created for the transition and offered at the same price as those products alone. I think the price is $3950 or something like that in the US (I am not sure of exact prices) Maurice Maurice Patel Tél: 514 954-7134<tel:514%20954-7134> Cell: 514 242-6549<tel:514%20242-6549> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] On Behalf Of Tim Crowson Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 11:17 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Subject: Re: Soft licenses still available for purchase? Thanks Maurice... What type of license is that and what is the price for this? -Tim On 9/15/2015 10:08 AM, Maurice Patel wrote: Hi Tim, Yes you can purchase “Maya with Softimage” or “3ds Max with Softimage” as individual licenses. You need to contact your reseller to place a purchase order with Autodesk as the offer Is not available through the estore. Maurice Maurice Patel Tél: 514 954-7134<tel:514%20954-7134> Cell: 514 242-6549<tel:514%20242-6549> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com><mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] On Behalf Of Tim Crowson Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 10:57 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com><mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>> Subject: Soft licenses still available for purchase? A while back we were informed that Autodesk was still selling individual licenses of Softimage, but we had to go through a local reseller or something (?). Does anyone know if this offer is still available, and what the terms are? -- Tim Crowson Lead CG Artist Magnetic Dreams, Inc. 2525 Lebanon Pike, Bldg C, Suite 101, Nashville, TN 37214 Ph 615.885.6801<tel:615.885.6801> | Fax 615.889.4768<tel:615.889.4768> | www.magneticdreams.com<http://www.magneticdreams.com><http://www.magneticdreams.com><http://www.magneticdreams.com><http://www.magneticdreams.com> tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com<mailto:tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com><mailto:tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com<mailto:tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com>><mailto:tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com<mailto:tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com>><mailto:tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com<mailto:tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com>< /a>> -- -- -=T=-