Wouldn't it make sense for Disney to buy it ? now that they own the planet...
On 16 December 2014 at 11:45, Angus Davidson <[email protected]> wrote: > > The group that owns the Foundry is a private equity firm, so a change of > ownership every few years is a given. However its bought and sold as any > investment. Its how a lot of private firms increase their money base. > > On the plus side if it was ever sold to Autodesk it would then be > accessible via the ARC licences for education which would be a great thing. > > However given what Autodesk did with Softimage a very compelling case > could be made to the Monopolies Board to block the sale. (which is one of > the reasons Autodesk should have sold Softimage rather then killing it) > > The Foundry also cant piss off its nuke customers either as there is now > a much cheaper , yet still workable alternative in Fusion (which is now in > the hands of a Savvy company). > > Its going to be an interesting year next year ;) > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Simon Reeves [[email protected]] > *Sent:* 16 December 2014 12:09 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry! > > Not sure if I could commit to agreeing with that > > > > Simon Reeves > London, UK > *[email protected] <[email protected]>* > *www.simonreeves.com <http://www.simonreeves.com>* > *www.analogstudio.co.uk <http://www.analogstudio.co.uk>* > > On 16 December 2014 at 09:45, Leendert A. Hartog <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Let me make a deliberately bold statement here: >> I indeed do hope Autodesk acquires the Foundry >> (although realistically I do not really see it happen, but that's another >> story): >> the more mass Autodesk acquires, the bigger the chance of it finally >> collapsing in on itself, >> which undoubtedly would leave the industry in a big mess, >> but would also open the way to IHMO much-needed "new beginnings". >> >> Greetz >> Leendert >> >> -- >> >> Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue >> Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.comLet >> >> This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is >> confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please >> notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or >> disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. >> Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf >> of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this >> message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the >> personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the >> views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All >> agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African >> Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. > >
