There are companies working with Softimage 7.01 today. Thats before the adsk-aquisition in 2008. How many of your projects could potentially be done with a software 8 years ago if not using softimage? I would say none of them. For small or medium sized companies, using softimage maybe all of them.
Autodesk keeps software running that is from the early nienties and it runs today. Not because they're developing it. They do not anything to keep it up to date. It's just how the windows platform works. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Fregtman Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 11:47 PM To: XSI Mailing List Subject: Re: Softimage is not EOL "B" is inevitable and only a matter of time... Better prepare to switch before the metaphorical door of incompatibility hits you in the face. My $0.02, -- Alan On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Jon Swindells <[email protected]> wrote: remind us again, what stage of grief is denial ? -- Jon Swindells [email protected] On Mon, Jul 28, 2014, at 11:55 PM, Sven Constable wrote: Hi list, Some people (Adsk) told me recently that Softimage is EOL. Well, one could argue that the word "life" in terms of software is ridicilous in the first place. But because I thought about what Softimage is currently as a product, I would like to dive deeper into the subject:) The question is: Is it EOL software or not? Answer: It's not EOL software. It's proprietary software! The definition of EOL software is: A: A software that doesn't fit current production needs. B: A software that doesn't run on todays hardware, so it's no longer usable on your hardware (like SGI or NT software). On the other hand the definition of proprietary software is: A: A software that can accomplish things that are not doable by common (or commercial software), out of the box or in the same timeframe or at the same cost. Companies developing their own inhouse tools to do just that. B: A software that is not available to the public. Think about it and decide on your own. Softimage ist not EOL at all. It'sproprietary software. sven
