

If Chief fits your business model then the same applies. If Revit et al is a better fit for your business model then the price is not important and becomes a line item in your cost of doing business. I see a few comparisons to the cost of Revit, or ACAD and Archicad but the comparisons are not comparing apples to apples IMO. Subscriptions, as distasteful as they can be, are the only modern solution to modern software business models. The phenomenon is clearly illustrated by posts in this thread alluding to users who are still using older versions with no intention of upgrading and most importantly no future income for CA from those users.

Pretty sure we should not be surprised that CA is going to a subscription model versus one time purchase (with its associated SSA renewals) as this is really the only way for modern software companies to stay in business.
