(I should clarify that if AD allowed the purchase, then SI would be made open source, with it's own Blender Foundation equivalent.)
On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Daniel G <[email protected]> wrote: > I had an idea the other day: what if we crowdfunded a LOT of money -- > $5-10 million, say. And (once raised), offer to buy Softimage outright from > Autodesk. If they pass it will be held in trust and used to pay for a small > army of full-time developers to add functionality to Blender, such as an > ICE clone, an improved user interface, FE Splice support, Redshift > integration, etc. > > Either way it'd be a boon to the Softimage community long-term. > > > On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Andres Stephens <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> *Oh woops, not sure if this went to the list. =P I'm more a watcher to >> the list, not really a contributor, so still learning the ropes. * >> >> *Original message: * >> I play around in a quiet little forum dedicated to the once alive and >> thriving trueSpace community. Like Softimage, it was a small little app >> ahead of it's time in ideology and concept, shut down by a corporation >> (Microsoft nonetheless) - but it's still used and I still use it and some >> still develop it 5 years later (and it only was a Beta release!). >> >> Anyway, some members kindly compiled a list of Blender tutorial videos. >> >> Here you go. >> >> >> >> >> *http://www.united3dartists.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=4138&hilit=blender+videos >> *<http://www.united3dartists.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=4138&hilit=blender+videosLIke>Like >> mentioned, along with Modo, Houdini, C4D, Maya or anything else... I am >> considering Blender. Just the ideology that you know EXACTLY where your >> money is going, that it's a software moving forward, that it's a product >> made by the people for the people - and that it is capable.... is quite >> tempting. >> >> I am considering using it in my studio's pipeline (I'm small enough to >> do so) meanwhile we transition. >> >> -Draise >> > >
