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<p class="MsoNormal">From a recent email from Autodesk:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">With our move to subscription, one thing has become clear to us—managing two business models (subscriptions and maintenance plans) is quite costly. To continue
supporting maintenance, beginning May 7, 2017, renewal prices will increase by 5% in 2017, 10% in 2018, and 20% in 2019. Also, you should be aware that maintenance plans can now only be renewed for one year at a time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Beginning June 2017, you’ll be able to move your products on a maintenance plan to a subscription for up to 60% less than the cost of a new subscription. This discount
will decrease by 5% in 2018 and another 5% in 2019, so the earlier you switch to a subscription, the less it will cost—and the more you’ll save compared to those who wait to move, or choose to stay on maintenance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">…</span>”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thoughts about forcing people to move to a subscription instead of a maintenance mode?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Would you stop using autocad/autodesk products if you had to move from maintenance to subscription?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:maroon">James E. Vogel</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy">Technical Director</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Madison, WI 53704</span><span style="color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black">(</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:gray">+</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black">)</span><b><span style="color:black"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Shell Dlg",sans-serif;color:teal">e-mail:</span></b><span style="color:black"> </span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Shell Dlg",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:james.vogel@em.wisc.edu"><span style="color:blue">vogeljames@a</span></a><a href="http://ol.com"><span style="color:blue">ol.com</span></a></span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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