The fact that Softimage is not available to new costumers doesn't mean anything to the value of the software itself. Take a look at software from pixar, ILM or Weta an many more big studios. They invented things, pushed their capabilities further without ANY backward compatibility to a company like Adsk or *any* Autodesk product in mind. Would you say the pixar,ILM,Weta or Rhythm and Hues' tools are worthless just because they were not developed for everybody or not actively developed since march 2014 by Adsk?
Its not that we are talking about dead software. We're talking about very active software that is just not actively developed by autodesk anymore, thats all. And thank god about this. :) sven From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sergio Mucino Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 12:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Softimage is not EOL Does this even matter? Facts are... 1. Softimage is not available to anyone for purchase anymore 2. Softimage is not actively developed anymore Sure, if you freeze your hardware, OS, and drivers at this point, you'll be able to run Soft for the rest of your life. If that's what you want, be our guest (and I mean this in the best possible way). I'm sure many facilities will operate like that for a while, while looking for a viable alternative. Because at some point, if they intend to remain competitive, they'll have to jump on to something else. I'm still running combustion 4. Because I seldom need it, but it does what I need very well. But I have to deal with a lot of issues when I do. And because my living does not depend on it. If it did, I'd be crazy doing this. My $0.02. Sergio Muciño. Sent from my iPad. On Jul 28, 2014, at 6:05 PM, "Sven Constable" <[email protected]> wrote: 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
