This is means you have conceived Kill softimage from the outset....
2014-03-18 18:40 GMT+04:00 Maurice Patel <[email protected]>: > Hi Alastair, > There were many reasons behind the acquisition but the main one was > because we saw an opportunity not just in ICE but also in the engineering > team that was capable of creating it. As Marc Petit stated in the press > release at the time: > "Upon the completion of this acquisition we will be adding Softimage > technology and products to our portfolio, and welcoming one of the most > talented teams in the industry to Autodesk Media & Entertainment. Both will > help us accelerate the work of our Games Technology Group, as we build the > next-generation of real-time, interactive 3D authoring tools for games, > film and television." > We had plans to build a next generation technology, starting with games - > we called it project skyline. The industry was in a growth period. Everyone > was optimistic. And if we had succeeded we probably would not be having > this conversation. > maurice > > Maurice Patel > Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 4:42 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Autodesk webinar > > Xsi in the hands of Dassault would have been something, Adobe not so much > ;). AD bought it purely because ICE was such a threat. > > > On 2014/03/18, 5:55 AM, "David Saber" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Maurice, > >Just one more question: couldn't you have realized that in 2008? Why > >buy Softimage if it's just to realize you don't have enough resource to > >develop it? > >Back in 2008 there were other companies willing to acquire Softimage > >and they would have kept developing it, not kill it. > >Shame. > >David > > > > -- Евграфов Максим.(Summatr) https://vimeo.com/user3098735/videos ------------------------------------------------------- Хорошего Вам настроения !!! :-)
