You do not need to be in the business of licensing patents to benefit
from acquiring some. First they don't get in your way anymore, second
they get in the way of your concurrents, third they don't quit if they
don't like what they see. Companies like Autodesk are quite sensitive
about legal issues. At least the patents are still in their hands.
On another hand, where is that $35 millions dollars team now ? Tell me.
No offense here but it seems the most valuable (tech speaking) members
of the XSI dev team have left the boat by now. What a wise move from
Autodesk if she really was after that team ! And where is that working
business now ? No comment.
All those millions for.. what for btw, fairy tails aside ?
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guy rabiller | radfac founder | linkedin.com/in/guyrabiller
On 21/04/16 14:39, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote:
Oh my god, parents again? Patents are worth nothing if you are not in
the
business of licensing patents, which Autodesk isn't in. Where these
millions dollar
patents exactly, and how is that worth 35 miliions? Hiring dozens of
people in one
shot plus a working business is worth millions, not some useless
region dumb ass
patent they never used. Softimage`s I.P. was worth exactly zero.
On 21 April 2016 at 01:30, Guy Rabiller <guy.rabil...@radfac.com
<mailto:guy.rabil...@radfac.com>> wrote:
All until Autodesk came.
Here is what happened in 2008:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=12030177&linkID=14271589
Then when Ronald Beirouti left (who created ICE), it was
definitely the end of ICE (and Softimage).
(https://groups.google.com/d/msg/xsi_list/ElbS6ZbjKEk/vMyh8CGhCpQJ)
Peoples still think Autodesk acquired Softimage from Avid for XSI
or for the developers team. It was all for the patents. The rest
is "accessory".
How many patents Solid Angle had ?
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