Steve ... you make it sound like you are forced to pay the monthly subscription. Is just buying each AC version upon release not an option in the US? I guess this policy might vary worldwide .. AFAIK you don't need to have a subscription in Aust - and there is very little incentive to do so really, not much value-add IMO and as i outlined before, you basically lose any discount on the full purchase (sorry .. license) price once the release date slips past your subscription.

But i get what you are saying. Say you already own/license AC12 and you sign up for a subscription (12 month contract). AC is released after 13 months. You don't get it unless you then buy it full price again or sign up for another 12 month subscription. So unless you have received something really outstanding other than your AC license from your reseller you basically have handed over 12 months of monthly fees for nothing.

i can understand why people would get a little upset. so if you aren't compelled to go on subsciption, why continue?

My concern about the release schedule is because I have already been conned into the subscription plan. And for the next 3 years too!

There is a potential savings for me in doing this. However, that potential savings could evaporate if the new release schedule does not match the term of my subscriptions.

I think my concerns about the new release schedule are valid because we are already going to be 14 months between new releases. And it is not unreasonable to expect that it will be 15 months. The graph I made is based on a 15 month new release schedule. Hopefully this will not happen.

They could announce the new release today and we could have it in September. ?

Perhaps the most unfortunate thing about the annual subscription plan is that it can pressure them to get the new release out before it is ready in order to make sure the scenario I have shown in the graph is not ever going to happen.

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In Asia.

13 1/2 hours to go here, less than 11 to go in NY.