Hi Jason,
It is not really feasible in the sense that it is not easy to do and it would
be misleading for me to imply that there is any chance that it will happen. The
program introduced was a transition to Maya or 3ds Max and those are your only
options now as far as new Softimage licenses are concerned. I understand that
neither of those products might be what you want but it is the only thing
available.
Maurice
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[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Jason S
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 3:25 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Soft licenses still available for purchase?
I don't know, but I somehow find 'unfeasable' to be hard to beleive considering
it's not for anything near a full blown relaunch situation or any such thing.
(wonder what it involved for Mariana from Avid to manage something.. (other
than a phone call) and how much does it cost to issue licences.)
And I'm sure something could similarly be arranged without too much
involvement, and that any cost would likely be more than offset even if
original price would be reduced by some 90%.
No one is asking for such a reduction, but something reasonable would be
appreciated, because the price to get access to discontinued Softimage is
currently quite unreasonable, like asking for the price of a new car for a used
one with the justification that it comes with a boat.
(A boat which most people looking for that particular car wouldn't necessarily
need or want)
On 09/15/15 14:43, Maurice Patel wrote:
Hi Jason,
This would be a great idea if possible but unfortunately it is not feasible.
When we announced EOL over a year and a half ago we did have a window where it
was possible to buy Softimage standalone and then really was the time to get
it. This reason its not feasible is because we no longer distribute the
standalone version commercially and the internal systems are no longer in
place for it. The product is now retired and it would be too costly to relaunch
it even in a limited capacity (certainly more costly than the current
transition offering).
Sorry I don’t have better news to share with you – but the bundle really is the
only way you can get a new permanent license today.
Maurice
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Subject: Re: Soft licenses still available for purchase?
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.
[cid:image001.gif@01D0EFC1.F5747100]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<http://community.avid.com/members/Marianna/default.aspx><http://community.avid.com/members/Marianna/default.aspx>
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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
--
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