By the way you have until this friday to buy a standalone version of softimage...
On 26 March 2014 17:37, Paul Griswold < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>> >> >> >
