The greater problem is that in another 3 weeks you won't even be able to purchase Softimage.
I can deal with losing support, but making Softimage abandonware that cannot even be purchased is the equivalent of shooting it in the knee. On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 6:59 PM, Eric Thivierge <[email protected]>wrote: > You are dead in the water if there is no one to fix a bug that a 3rd party > dev needs fixed to make a certain feature... or implement a feature in > order to do so as well... > > > On Wednesday, March 05, 2014 12:54:59 PM, Stephen Davidson wrote: > >> I have a question..... >> >> If the last release is Softimage 2015 (with ICE). Won't this >> version just run as long as you have it installed? If so, >> I would think this is a great opportunity for 3rd party developers to >> improve Softimage with some great addons, or plugins, that >> would keep it going as long as there is 3rd party development. >> >> I would point to the great addons, offered by Exocortex >> <http://exocortex.com/>, as a perfect example >> >> of integrating enormously extended functionality of Softimage. >> >> The recent prolific ICE compounds, such as StrandTree >> <http://iceduous.blogspot.com/2010/04/strandtree-procedural- >> approach-to-tree.html> and >> Mootzoid <http://www.mootzoid.com/plugin> >> >> are just two of many offerings out there. In fact, Mootzoid states on >> their >> main page >> >> "The Mootzoid plugin development for Softimage|XSI will not be >> affected by this lame decision." >> >> Am I missing something? >> Are we really dead in the water if AD shuts down development? >> I think this deserves further exploration. >> >> comments? >> >> -- >> >> 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> >> >> >
