fun facts folks….i admit…. how about what's comming up next?….
Sylvain Lebeau // SHED V-P/Visual effects supervisor 1410, RUE STANLEY, 11E ÉTAGE MONTRÉAL (QUÉBEC) H3A 1P8 T 514 849-1555 F 514 849-5025 WWW.SHEDMTL.COM (http://www.shedmtl.com/) <http://WWW.SHEDMTL.COM (http://www.shedmtl.com/)> On Tuesday, 30 July, 2013 at 11:00 PM, Emilio Hernandez wrote: > The more common interpretation of history is that Microsoft bought Softimage > because of 3D and film VFX was cool and they were hoping the Hollywood > glamour would rub on them. > > This is more the story I know. So they develop with Intergraph the first NT > based workstation with Open GL for 3D, featuring Softimage 3D. I bought the > TDZ-310 for $21,000 if I can remember well. The Indigo loaded with Softimage > was around $35,000 If my memory does not fail me... DS was shipped with > Interstorage and in a Studio Z. When Avid bought Softimage the DS system > changed to an IBM. And in fact Avid DS never performed as good as the > Softimage DS 2.0. > > But hey, we were talking about buying Softimage from AD... > > > 2013/7/30 Luc-Eric Rousseau <luceri...@gmail.com (mailto:luceri...@gmail.com)> > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 9:51 PM, Matt Lind <ml...@carbinestudios.com > > (mailto:ml...@carbinestudios.com)> wrote: > > > > > > Originally known as ‘Softimage Digital Studio’ and started in the early > > > 1990s for the IRIX platform (1992/1993), it was Softimage’s attempt to > > > merge 2D and 3D into a single seamless end-to-end environment. The drive > > > to develop the product was largely to circumvent the court battle > > > Softimage had with Discreet Logic (and later lost at a cost of $200+ > > > million CDN). The IRIX version required an SGI Onyx to run and was > > > largely smoke and mirrors, but it was enough to convince Microsoft to buy > > > Softimage in 1994 and later convert (rewrite) to work on the Windows NT > > > platform to what is known today as Avid|DS. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > After acquisition, some Avid developers jumped ship and joined Softimage > > > to help design DS to be an Avid killer. Softimage|DS debuted in spring > > > 1998 at NAB with great interest, largely from customers itching to get > > > away from Avid’s horrible customer service and old code base. Seeing the > > > writing on the wall, Avid bought Softimage from Microsoft less than 3 > > > months later. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Personally, I've never heard anything about a court battle between > > Softimage and Discreet. The only interesting bit is between the two > > company is that Discreet was founded by the sales director of Softimage and > > sold Eddie before handing it over to Softimage and going with Flame instead. > > > > I'm also not aware of any Avid developer jumping ship and coming to DS. > > What weird things to just drop here as facts. > > > > The more common interpretation of history is that Microsoft bought > > Softimage because of 3D and film VFX was cool and they were hoping the > > Hollywood glamour would rub on them. > > > > > > > > -- >
