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On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 1:01 PM, 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 >>>>> >>>>> <http://www.3danimationmagic.com> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> * Stephen P. Davidson** >>> **(954) 552-7956 >>> * [email protected] >>> >>> *Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic* >>> >>> >>> - Arthur C. Clarke >>> >>> <http://www.3danimationmagic.com> >>> >> >> >
