Increasing no. of older licenses

[d.ford]

We're an educational establishment, and have 40 network licenses for Autocad 2004 AD. (We don't have a 'subscription').

We don't want to upgrade to a newer version and are quite happy with 2004 - what we _do_ want to do is to increase the size of our computer lab, and consequently increase the number of Autocad 2004 AD licenses we own.

Our suppliers only are selling 2006 licenses - but reading up suggests that the older version won't use the newer licenses.

How/where do I buy more licenses for '2004?

Thanks
Dave

[Anonymous]

First, you can't buy 2004 anymore.
Second, as a school why would you keep your student and teacher away from the latest version ?
Third, ask your reseller for a program call Design academy or design institute, that will solve your upgrade issue

[d.ford]

There is a very simple reason why we'd keep our students and teachers away from the latest version - money. We cannot afford to upgrade to fifty copies of the latest version, but we can afford to extend what we're currently providing by ten licenses. Because we're running a roaming lab enviroment we can't mix up different versions of Autocad. I'd have thought this wasn't a particular bizarre request...

What is the 'design academy/institute' programme?

[Anonymous]

That program is exactly design for that. In Canada, you pay like 5 000$ a year, you get 25 licences (a lab) of about 10 product. That is less that what your 10 new seats ill cost you.
Where are you from ?

[d.ford]

I'm in the UK. Is the price you mentioned US or Canadian dollars? A 10-user academic network license costs us £995 - about $1700 US or $2000. Throwing out ACAD2004 and replacing it everywhere (seemingly our only option!) would cost us four times that.

I know you get the 'ten products' - but we only use ACAD2004....

This is ridiculous..

Dave

[Anonymous]

I can understand the money issue, but to me, training students on older version is ridiculous.
In a couple weeks you will be 3 versions off, that should ring a bell, no ?

[TravisNave]

AutoCAD 2004 has not been retired yet. You can still purchase additional licenses. Call Autodesk or your reseller. I am sure they'd be happy to increase your license pool. I am sure that Educational and Government institutions are provided additional options than the standard user.

You may also consider getting subscription on at least one license so that you always have a seat of the latest product. That way you and your students can keep tabs on the changes so they can transition into the real-world.