Dassault's plan(s) for Solidworks this fall

Subs and clouds

 

During last week's conference call with financial analysts, executives from Dassault Systemes described the timeline for Solidworks subscriptions and the cloud. Note that both are optional for customers. Here are quotations:

Yes, we are introducing subscription with our next release, so potentially in earlier November.

So, the price point for subscription is going to be good old and usual formula where payback is over three-year term.

We also introducing, by the way, ...  Solidworks on browser in the same timeframe. And it will only be available on the cloud subscription.

 

Source: http://seekingalpha.com/article/3990499-dassault-systemes-dasty-q2-2016-results-earnings-call-transcript