I think if a company wants to discontinue a product with a user-base that relies upon it then by law they should have to first offer it for sale. And only have the option of shelving it if there is shown no interest in it.
On 6 Aug 2013, at 21:01, Sebastien Sterling <[email protected]> wrote: > buying competition for the purpose of shelving should be illegal, there > should be a two year development proofing in which buyer must prove he has > the DCC's best interest at hand. or the software should revert to the owner, > or the government or, hell some organism. i don't think DCC's are dead in > nowadays, i think it only looks that way cause AD killed them, kept the > entire industry in a state of stagnation, nowadays sodding hamsters are > getting multythreaded and half the shit in maya is still under 1998 > protocols.:( > > > On 6 August 2013 21:39, Paul Griswold > <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I remember Eric Goulette sent me a bunch of videos on Elastic Reality > in XSI a long time ago. Avid had it sitting around & eventually someone > convinced them to include it in Softimage. > > I love the thought that Softimage is connected to the Amiga. Elastic Reality > started out life as Morph Plus on the Amiga back when morphing was the rage. > > -Paul > > > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Stephen Davidson <[email protected]> > wrote: > I had no idea about Elastic Reality within FXTree. Thanks for pointing that > out. > Maybe that explains Avid's business model a little better. :) > > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Alan Fregtman <[email protected]> > wrote: > Just FYI, Elastic Reality's tech (somewhat) lives on in Softimage as FXTree > nodes... > https://vimeo.com/65641320 > > > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Stephen Davidson <[email protected]> > wrote: > Avid has quite history of shelving products, that they buy. > One only has to go to Wikipedia to see the long list of discontinued > purchases: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avid_Technology > I have been a victim of this odd business model with Matador(Media Illusion) > and Elastic Reality. > It just makes me think twice when faced with a possible > Avid purchase. Well, I lie... I don't think I would ever think > of a future Avid purchase. > > > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Luc-Eric Rousseau <[email protected]> > wrote: > doomed from the start by its deep attachment to the Windows platform. > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 4:51 AM, Fabrice Altman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I think Luc-Eric did ‘a bit of work’ on that as well. > > http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/it-looks-like-avid-is-finally-going-lay-ds-to-rest > > > > > -- > > Best Regards, > Stephen P. Davidson > (954) 552-7956 > [email protected] > > Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic > > > - Arthur C. Clarke > > > > > > > > -- > > Best Regards, > Stephen P. Davidson > (954) 552-7956 > [email protected] > > Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic > > > - Arthur C. Clarke > > > > >
