Right. That's how I understood it as well. My point was, this could have been slightly less of a PR disaster if they'd not completely murdered Softimage, but instead set it up as a "graceful transition" to Bifrost. Allow Softimage to continue to be purchased as part of the Suites program until the point at which Bifrost makes it obvious that ICE is no longer necessary.
Instead they've set themselves up for a situation where Autodesk has absolutely no answer to Houdini at all for sale, and a promise of Bifrost being an amazing new technology. SideFX and The Foundry aren't going to sit on their hands while Autodesk builds Bifrost, so IMHO the best business decision would have been to try to mitigate any losses by keeping Softimage available to the public while Bifrost matures. You'd think after what happened with Sumatra versus Maya they'd have realized it's not a good idea to create a vacuum for too long. -Paul On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Eric Thivierge <[email protected]>wrote: > This has all been made crystal clear over the last few weeks. No, "if you > keep your subscription current" you will be able to. It's a legacy > subscription benefit. I think it's crazy for people to not keep their > subscription up to date for at least this next year to be able to get > Softimage 2015. <-- Personal opinion. > > Eric T. > > > On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 1:18:49 PM, Paul Griswold wrote: > >> So in 2 years if I want to buy an Ultimate Suite as a new license I >> will get Softimage included? >> >> If so, I'm slightly less ticked off. >> >> -Paul >> > >
