Unfortunately, the main reason to be on subscription is cost savings. Since
Autodesk has gone to this dubious yearly release cycle, is's simply cheaper
to stay on subscription. The upgrade may be $500 per release, (now yearly),
and subscription might be $400/year.
So you say, "I'm planning on skipping a few years between upgrading, so why
subscription?". Well, Autodesk also changed their upgrade pricing scenario,
so that now, even if you skip one or more cycles, they still charge you the
cumulative total. For example, $500 for next release, $1000, if you've
skipped one, $1500 if you've skipped two, etc, so subscription end up
costing you less. 'Terrible business, IMHO, but the Adesk bean counters love
it! Just check who's been cashing in at Autodesk, and how many millionaires
we're creating there: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/it?s=adsk
John
wrote in message news:5746436@discussion.autodesk.com...
I'm trying to understand subscription and how it works. Is it REQUIRED to
get basic patches/fixes to their own software? Or is it like Window's
operating software where you buy the software and updates/patches are PART
of the deal?
If I DON'T get the subscription, what will I exactly NOT be able to do or
get?
I don't need all the other stuff that they offer, I just want to make sure
that my software, which I'm going to pay $4,000 for, is going to get the
fixes/updates that it NEEDS to correct bugs and software errors.