Yearly Maintenance fees being dropped ...

I have been instructed by management to realign our SolidWorks serial
numbers to the number of users that we currently have. So I am
adjusting our serial numbers on production installations to take us to
7 serial numbers (actually own 17 SWx office licenses and 1 SWx-only
license). The rest of the serial numbers that we have will have their
maintenance fees dropped until we have users to support this need,
this might be years. Due to the economic conditions, I currently only
have 6 mechanical CAD users left in-house (all others have been laid-
off) that will run SWx office and one outside company that has the SWx-
only software license.

What does “Yearly Maintenance fees being dropped” mean?
1. I can still install SolidWorks up to the version of software that
was available when I dropped the maintenance fee.
2. I can still activate SolidWorks up to the version of software that
was available when I dropped the maintenance fee.
3. I cannot get support for serial numbers that have dropped the
maintenance fees, after the version of software that was available
when I dropped the maintenance fee. This support, if available, must
come directly from SWx corp. not the VAR for this non-maintained
version.
4. I cannot upgrade to a higher version of software after the version
of software that was available when I dropped the maintenance fee
unless I reinstate maintenance on the serial number.

I still have a couple of months until my first set of licenses has
this maintenance fee issue. I am checking into the implications
still. If I can still install, activate and run the older software,
then I do not see any real problem. Any comments from users that have
had this situation, please reply. iQ

 

Sounds right.

I let my personal SW 2007 seat lapse. Don't need it, probably won't
for a long time. By the time I might need it ,it would be cheaper to
just get a new seat.

 

If you don't upgrade to the next version then you will have all 17
seats available. Get the service packs in install them. If you should
have to go to 2010 and assuming you are now on 2009 then you can build
upstream parts in 2009 and convert them to 2010 in the assembly and
drawing phases. Personally I would still be on 2008 or 2007 till I
really needed to upgrade anyway.

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