It’s a very moot point as Softimage in education died from the moment of that the EOL was announced. Unfortunately one of the many , many things that Autodesk didn’t think through about that announcement was the fact that for edu institutions in many countries are not legally allowed to offer a year of course that teaches EOL software. So unlike Softimage Commercial that was allowed to continue for a while we were taken out back and double tapped in the head. All they had to do was say End of Development and it would have been a totally different case.
The sheer amount of frustration of working with students in Maya compared to softimage is staggering. So much time wasted trying to do the simplest things. We have also had 3 weeks of students protests that have thrown our whole schedule out of whack. We could have got it back on Softimage. No f’ing way on Maya. Apologies to Maurice as this isn’t directed at you specifically. Guess I am stil bitter. From: Maurice Patel [mailto:maurice.pa...@autodesk.com] Sent: 04 November 2015 06:32 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Student *free trial* for 3 years on Entertainment Creation Suit Hi David, Yes Softimage 2015 is part of the ultimate suite until Feb 1st 2016. Availability and license term are different things. If a three year license is issued the software will work for three years. However the ability to download the software or to authorize a new license may not be available after that date. Maurice Maurice Patel Tél: 514 954-7134 Cell: 514 242-6549 From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Pierre Schiller Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 11:16 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Subject: Student *free trial* for 3 years on Entertainment Creation Suit http://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/entertainment-creation-suite-ultimate Under the choices, is there "softimage" available? At least that´s what anyone reads on the promo page so you´ll know what core features you´ll get on the Entertainment creation suite for edu purposes. So if I understand correctly any educational institution can still download softimage and have a FREE 3 year licence for educational purposes? What will happen now that we only got softimage 2015, and there will be no more extension of "free 3 years use"? Anyone´s got more insight about this? Thanks. David R. -- Portfolio 2013<http://be.net/3dcinetv> Cinema & TV production Video Reel<https://vimeo.com/3dcinetv/reel2012> <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
