Re: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M

2014-10-29 Thread Angus Davidson
; Date: Wednesday 29 October 2014 at 9:57 PM To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>" mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>> Subject: Re: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M he does deserve it I am quite s

Re: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M

2014-10-29 Thread Eric Thivierge
Just need to chime in and mention this is probably not an M&E division acquisition so all the speculation about it just getting acquired and letting it rot maybe not really apply here. Probably going to the CAD division. On Wednesday, October 29, 2014 3:57:44 PM, phil harbath wrote: he does d

Re: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M

2014-10-29 Thread phil harbath
: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 3:39 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M I have to chime in. I worked with Thiago in Toronto for about a month a few years back. We shared an apartment provided by the studio. He's got

RE: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M

2014-10-29 Thread Eric Lampi
On Behalf Of adrian wyer > Sent: October-29-14 8:24 AM > To: b...@exocortex.com; softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > Subject: RE: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M > > read this last week, chinny must be overjoyed.h > > congrats to them all, i gu

Re: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M

2014-10-29 Thread Rob Wuijster
And we all know how that ended... ;-) Rob \/-\/\/ On 29-10-2014 15:47, Emilio Hernandez wrote: One ring to rule them all... Mmmm I think I've heard that before... --- Emilio Hernández VFX & 3D animation. On W

Re: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M

2014-10-29 Thread Jason S
Moni-moni-moni-moni-monay! m-m-mmonay! (dirty) On 10/29/14 9:32, Leendert A. Hartog wrote: In this day and age one would expect Autodesk to hire companies, not acquire them, no? (Sorry, couldn't resist) Greetz Leendert

Re: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M

2014-10-29 Thread Emilio Hernandez
One ring to rule them all... Mmmm I think I've heard that before... --- Emilio Hernández VFX & 3D animation. On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Mirko Jankovic wrote: > Well Lagoa for SI met it's dead end and together with SI it's doom.. > wil

Re: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M

2014-10-29 Thread Mirko Jankovic
Well Lagoa for SI met it's dead end and together with SI it's doom.. will history repeat? Hope not, wish al the best to Thiago ofc but if history teaches us anything... Or we are looking at small part of new AD 1 app to rule them all: only works in cloud on web interface, login and pay per hour to

Re: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M

2014-10-29 Thread Sebastien Sterling
Why buy something you have no commitment or intention of understanding ? unless you want to remove it from the market, i hope Thaigo can make something cool. On 29 October 2014 14:22, Ed Manning wrote: > http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/03/le-divorce-2 > > -- summarizes why acquisitions

Re: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M

2014-10-29 Thread Ed Manning
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/03/le-divorce-2 -- summarizes why acquisitions are usually a bad idea (not for the people who profit from being bought though!). Since acquisitions have essentially been AD's business model for the last several years... On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 10:19 AM,

Re: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M

2014-10-29 Thread Emilio Hernandez
AD buying companies does not mean that AD will further develop what they are buying. After a couple years they will say that at the end it was not worth it... and is better to EOL them, cause now they have better "technology"... --- Emilio Herná

Re: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M

2014-10-29 Thread Leendert A. Hartog
In this day and age one would expect Autodesk to hire companies, not acquire them, no? (Sorry, couldn't resist) Greetz Leendert -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com

Re: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M

2014-10-29 Thread Eric Thivierge
I'm just hoping Lagoa goes to the CAD branch and not M&E. Eric T.

Re: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M

2014-10-29 Thread Rob Wuijster
AD: "Lagoa I am your owner..." Our repons: "NOo.." ;-) Rob \/-\/\/ On 29-10-2014 13:21, Ben Houston wrote: Lagoa is in talks to be acquired byAutoDesk for around $62 million. Lagoa is a "cloud platform enabling 3D visualization of content for the

Re: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M

2014-10-29 Thread Angus Davidson
It is autodesks next logical step. Excortex crate would also be a great addition. Maybe they would finally admidt that FBX is fubar ;) On 2014/10/29, 2:35 PM, "Leendert A. Hartog" wrote: >If there's any logic in this madness (cloud-based apps), wouldn't >clara.io and hence exocortex be next? >

RE: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M

2014-10-29 Thread Marc-Andre Carbonneau
24 AM To: b...@exocortex.com; softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M read this last week, chinny must be overjoyed.h congrats to them all, i guess a -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.au

Re: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M

2014-10-29 Thread Leendert A. Hartog
If there's any logic in this madness (cloud-based apps), wouldn't clara.io and hence exocortex be next? Greetz Leendert PS Definitely not saying this to be a good or a bad thing BTW. -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com

RE: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M

2014-10-29 Thread adrian wyer
@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M > Lagoa is in talks to be acquired byAutoDesk for around $62 million. Lagoa is a "cloud platform enabling 3D visualization of content for the engineering, architecture, media and entertainment sectors.&quo

Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M

2014-10-29 Thread Ben Houston
> Lagoa is in talks to be acquired byAutoDesk for around $62 million. Lagoa is > a "cloud platform enabling 3D visualization of content for the engineering, > architecture, media and entertainment sectors." The company has raised $6.9 > million in funding and the 'venture firm formerly known as