Re: SWW Advanced Modeling presentations PLUS More

Aron,

It will take large corporate users to influence these ridiculous
subscription fees and policies set by SW's and other CAD company's. Large
corporations with multiple seats surely aren't getting their moneys worth
from subscription payments. And the argument that subscription money 350,000
seats x $1295/seat = $453,250,000 is needed for development is marketing BS
(software is developed offshore for lower wages). Maybe you know someone
attending the event that will forward the presentations.

Write a letter to SW CEO

Maybe you should be thanking SW for accepting your subscription money,
giving you two SP's per year, one of which is worthless, and expecting all
users to attend SW World so they can receive free copies of the
presentations.

Kman


"Aron Bacs, Jr." <aronbjr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It is too bad...

In comparison... The SWW conference could be treated like the OSA, SPIE,
IEEE meetings (and I am sure there are others). If I pay my yearly
"member" dues (Ultra low in comparison to SW) I still have access to
presentations, either free or for a small fee. However SW is not a
"Society" it is a business, and therefore needs to seek profit.

<rant on>

As for this years SWW2006, I had to call SW and cancel due to an accident
the week before, so I too am "out of luck".

The comparative cost of SW maintenance and "my use" of a VAR, says that I
am basically paying $2Kyr for SW software updates. As a side note, my
Florida VAR was in the middle of dissolving and reforming last year, so
the one time I called, of course, the message was never returned. I got
the answer here on this newsgroup... Sometimes a VAR does not actually add
value, it does not mean they cannot, I just mean they might not help out
that company or person for the current years subscription fee. Sometimes
I get a warranty, and hopefully never use it. For me the subscription
service is like a warranty or insurance... I only use it when needed, and
sometimes not at all.

I always get more help from this group than from most any other source,
Thank You All! I think the main reason the group is helpful is because it
is a wide cross section of people from diverse fields... much like a
"society".

I love SolidWorks, it is by far the best in many ways (and yet affordable)
3D CAD software out there, but as a small business, it is difficult to
keep up with the subscriptions every year, basically $166.67 a month to
use the software I "bought" for about $9K... I am paying that now, and
would think the SWW info could be included as an extra.

Does the SWW registration fee pay for the SWW Lectures/Product Demos
sessions? Or does it break even? If so then extra costs are needed.

Maybe I (or we) could pay a little more subscription service fees per year
and have a "Premium" version of the "SW Office Premium Subscription", and
thus have access to the SWW Lectures/Product Demos for free? Or maybe, a
software subscription fee exclusive of a VAR. i.e. You get software
updates only, for those not needing/wanting help. Or does SW want us to
need help??? I hope Microsoft doesn't hear about this!

Do advanced users of SW actually use a VAR's services?

We all see even medium sized businesses be hurt be all of the extra fees,
I do not even want to think of multiple seats, yikes!

And one more thing which fits in because it is update and subscription
driven: and that is backwards file compatibility. I bring this up because
I must wait to use my new version (up to a 3 or 4 months) that I paid big
$$ for waiting for the "shops" to play catch up. I have also waited on
large companies with very little or no cash problems, just due to the "IT"
issues of installing more than one seat...

The solution allows anyone for example at SW 2003 (or higher) to
communicate and share drawings with the most current version (SW2006 -
sp3.4 at the time of this post) at all times. Simply have a version
selection button (example: 2003, 2004, 2005) on the most current version
of SWs. If say SW2004 is selected, then the current SW2006 software does
not use features available after that SW2004 version. That way when the
file can be read by the SW2004 version user (at the small shop) even
though it was created by the newest version of SW, which as said before
has 2005 and higher functions "grayed" out. At least you could work back
say a few versions/years without too much remembering "older" ways of
functioning features etc. Even back one version would help speed the
change over, at least for me. You can upgrade and still know you can talk
to someone who is "SW update lagging" for one reason or another.

<rant off>

I do not mean to upset anyone, I have great respect for everyone here...
But I would like to know others feelings on this...

Aron
SW2006 - sp3.3, & Current Subscription Service

"Jeff Mirisola" <jmirisola@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Unfortunately, you're right. Only attendees can access the files from
SWW. I'm thankful that my boss realized how worthwhile it would be to
send us. Hopefully, he'll be in the same frame of mind for SWW2007 in
New Orleans.





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