Hi, I currently own perpetual licenses for SD and SP with expirered maintenance and am thinking about upgrading my licenses. I just got a few questions about the total cost:
If I were to buy license upgrades directly I would get 1 year maintenance for just
50$ (SP)
+ 50$ (SD)
100$
and after the new maintenance expires in 1 year, my perpetual licenses would remain on the latest version of that date and NOT revert back to the version that was up-to-date when I initially extended the maintenance, correct?
If I were to use the Subscrition method and turn it into perpetual licenses after the 1 year, that would cost me
159$ (1 year updates + 360 Source DLs)
75$ (SD perpetual) <--Could the upgrade cost in 1 year be 50$ again AND be used on a live Sub that was bought
+75$ (SP perpetual) with this years discount?
309$ or 259$
Does turning the subscription into perpetual licenses after 1 year include another year of maintenance, making it equivalent to buying 4 maintenance extensions + Source DLs which would otherwise cost
50$ (SP)
50$ (SP year 2) <-- again, can the discount be used 2 years in a row?
50$ (SD)
+ 50$ (SD year 2)
200$ or 250$ (without 2. discount)
In short, please answer these questions:
1. Do perpetual licenses with extended maintenance retain the latest maintenance covered version after the extension expires or do they revert to pre-maintenance versions?
2. Does turning subscription licenses to perpetual licenses after 1 year include another year of maintenance or is it just the addition of the Substance Source Downloads that increases the price by 209$?
3. Are the calculations above correct or am I overlooking some additional cost?/Can the discount for upgrading licenses be used 2 years in a row?
