+ 1 on the IP issue. They will have to come up with a way to allow users to keep their assets local.
MB Den 25. august 2012 kl. 05:56 skrev Rares Halmagean <[email protected]>: > I wonder how much the price increases had contributed to the reduction in > sales. > > Right, 'good luck with that autodesk' is my off the cuff response as far as > moving all products to cloud. I think it's great that autodesk is moving > with the tech and if a cloud solution is a faster , less buggy more > affordable offering I'll be one of the first to sign up. I'd have a serious > issue with having studio ip housed on their servers though. > > > On 8/24/2012 7:04 PM, John Richard Sanchez wrote: > > am posting so you can reflect. > > Car bass said: > > > > The restructuring is focused primarily of the company’s shift to cloud and > > mobile computing.“This action allows us to continue to invest in recruiting > > and hiring people who can bring Autodesk the skills and experience that are > > critical for achieving our mid and long-term goals, says Bass. “As part of > > the ongoing platform shift, it’s clear to us that design and engineering > > software will move to cloud and mobile platforms. Cloud and mobile has been > > a major investment area for Autodesk over the past couple of years and this > > restructuring will accelerate our progress as we intend to further invest > > in employees with expertise and skill sets essential to this transition. > > > > Stephen on cgtalk brought up an interesting quote from awhile back. > > > > > > According to a recent interview with Autodesk's CEO Carl Bass, in a few > > years the company's software would be running online ("cloud-based" only). > > Quoting from the interview (2m26sec): "I'd say 2 to 3 years from now every > > one of our products will be used online. The only way to use them will be > > online."* > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Stefan Andersson < [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > > > statement. Let's hope they (who ever it will be) will find a safe harbor > > > somewhere. Unemployment isn't good for anyone > > > Media division was apparently down 10% this year, let's "hope" it will > > > mostly effect 3dsmax. > > > > > > Regards > > > Stefan > > > > > > > > > On Friday, August 24, 2012, Greg Punchatz wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Not wanting to start a doom and gloom thread, just > > > > wanted to know if this is going to affect us sooner than later, and > > > > whether or not we have lost any of our friends at soft to this. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://mashable.com/2012/08/23/autodesk-lays-off-7-of-entire-staff/ > > > > <http://mashable.com/2012/08/23/autodesk-lays-off-7-of-entire-staff/> > > > > ( > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Greg Punchatz > > > > Sr. Creative Director > > > > Janimation > > > > 214.823.7760 <tel:214.823.7760> > > > > www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> > > > > > > -- > > > stefan andersson - digital janitor - http://sanders3d.wordpress.com > > > <http://sanders3d.wordpress.com> > > > > > > > > -- > > www.johnrichardsanchez.com <http://www.johnrichardsanchez.com>
