Made a Houdini thread: http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=172&page=viewtopic&t=30999
Cheers On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 8:31 PM, Mladen Kevic <mladen.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: > well they didn't change XSI that much in last few years, so i don't see > reason to switch the software now. More/less if i have Arnold, Redshift, > Gear in Softimage XSI 7.5 i wouldn't have that much reason to upgrade to > autodesk at all. > > So that SI will miss some minor upgrades in next few years, doesn't affect > me too much. I just hope that third part developers won't stop developing > their very cool stuff witch makes SI still best option on market. > > Current version of Softimage if it remain in AVID would probably be XSI > 8.5 or in best case XSI 9 :) > > > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:03 PM, <pete...@skynet.be> wrote: > >> for what its worth, same thing happened with the transition from SI3D >> to XSI. >> at the time of the SPM dongles, customers had to send back the old flexlm >> dongles (or the paperwork to testify the Irix license managers were no >> longer functional) in order to get permanent SPM licenses. >> It wasn't enforced everywhere though. >> >> *From:* adrian wyer <adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 04, 2014 6:51 PM >> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >> *Subject:* RE: Softimage transition audience poll >> >> im guessing they don't want you to have 2 production apps for the price >> of one, basically admitting that a two year old Soft will be AT LEAST as >> productive as Maya 2016 >> >> a >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: >> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Ben Rogall >> *Sent:* 04 March 2014 17:42 >> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >> *Subject:* Re: Softimage transition audience poll >> >> Yep. Or $4495 for a workstation license and then $2495 per year. For a >> minute there it looked like Autodesk was doing something half reasonable >> with the free transition offer to Softimage + Maya. But then I saw that >> accepting that means that I would not be allowed to use Softimage at all >> after February 2016. I'm not even sure what Autodesk gains from that. >> >> Ben >> >> On 3/4/2014 11:00 AM, Francois Lord wrote: >> >> What I find interesting in the fact that people want to jump the Autodesk >> boat is that they seem to forget they have to buy a new software. >> For a company that relies entirely on Softimage, that decision is not a >> cheap one. Houdini is 7000$ for a floating license plus 4000$ per year! >> >> http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=385&Itemid=190 >> >> In two years when Bifrost will be nearing maturity, Maya will become a >> lot more appealing if you stay on subscription. Be kind with your bean >> counter. >> >> just sayin. >> >> On 04-Mar-14 11:37, Alan Fregtman wrote: >> >> I've set up a poll out of curiosity... >> >> *Where will you transition to when Softimage falls?* Vote! >> >> http://strawpoll.me/1257710 >> >> (Multiple-choice allowed btw.) >> >> >> >> >> > -- [img]http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s202/animatics/avatar_1.gif[/img]
