Since this was a guy who came to the office to "sell something" that tells me he's part of the Reseller Network. This is a group of independent companies that have been authorized by Autodesk to sell Autodesk software in a given region. These resellers must be approved by Autodesk, but are not part of the company.
They compete for these territories, and those who have been authorized in a certain territory do not want to lose it, as its tough to get it in the first place.
Autodesk monitors their resellers, and will revoke a resellers ability to sell if they don't adhere to some standards. In this particular case, I think one should take Wes' advice and report the situation. If the statement was made as quoted below, then that needs to be addressed. Its not some "grand marketing scheme" by Autodesk to give this information to a reseller and tell them to use it in trying to make a sale. This is simply a reseller that has either taken it upon himself to make a potentially false statement to make a sale, or he is just misinformed himself.
When Revit was bought by Autodesk, there were a ton of rumors that it would be "killed off". I think the same thing is happening now with AC. Rumors are circulating, and some people and/or resellers are letting the rumors get the best of them.
Scott Davis
Autodesk, Inc.
On March 5, 2007 I joined Autodesk, Inc. as a Technical Specialist. Respectfully, I will no longer be actively participating in the Archicad-Talk fourms. Thank you for always allowing me to be a part of your community.
