One has to wonder how many others are starting to evaluate or recognize the consequences of Cloud's long term costs and scalability costs.
The thing that surprised me the most was their encouragement of the use of alternative applications: http://art.buffalo.edu/2014/01/10/alternatives-to-adobe-creative-cloud/ -- Joey __________________________________________________ Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not represent the opinions of NASA or any other party. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 11:08 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: "The shadow over The Foundry" I so agree with that. Unfortunately our Academics are still stuck in the have to use the market standard age. drives me insane. Luckily I have been at long last been allowed to bring one of the macs home , Can install everything. Create a drive image and use that to clone the rest. So at least our redo of the machines mid year wont drive me to distraction. It also amazes me that people don't do the subscription math over 3 or more years. Once the "suck you in deals" are gone its far more expensive. ________________________________ From: Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] [j.ponthi...@nasa.gov] Sent: 30 April 2015 03:42 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Subject: RE: "The shadow over The Foundry" http://art.buffalo.edu/2014/01/10/recommendations-to-students-regarding-adobe-creative-cloud/ -- Joey __________________________________________________ Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not represent the opinions of NASA or any other party. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Schoenberger Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 4:58 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Subject: RE: "The shadow over The Foundry" >On the plus side. If our University finally gets an adobe site licence Hmm, but if your university has a network which is not connected to the internet because of security and virus issues in the past, you cannot use CC.... Afaik a few universities did not upgrade to CC. Holger Schönberger technical director The day has 24 hours, if that does not suffice, I will take the night ________________________________ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 3:52 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Subject: RE: "The shadow over The Foundry" On the plus side. If our University finally gets an adobe site licence it would mean no separate licences for Modo. Yes thats me looking really hard for a silver lining ;) ________________________________ From: Simon Reeves [si...@simonreeves.com] Sent: 27 April 2015 03:36 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Subject: Re: "The shadow over The Foundry" great quote Simon Reeves London, UK si...@simonreeves.com<mailto:si...@simonreeves.com> www.simonreeves.com<http://www.simonreeves.com> www.analogstudio.co.uk<http://www.analogstudio.co.uk> On 27 April 2015 at 14:06, Toonafish <ron...@toonafish.nl<mailto:ron...@toonafish.nl>> wrote: Can't take it too seriously when I read this snippet about Modo: "The company has recently launched a concept design software product<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/technology/11206167/Harry-Potter-to-Guardians-of-the-Galaxy-the-British-firm-behind-the-Hollywood-blockbusters.html> called Modo, which means that prototype cars, phones and trainers can be drawn immediately into 3D rather than drawn first by hand in 2D and then physically built." On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Jordi Bares Dominguez <jordiba...@gmail.com<mailto:jordiba...@gmail.com>> wrote: This could be quite a blessing. jb On 27 Apr 2015, at 11:11, Nicolas Esposito <3dv...@gmail.com<mailto:3dv...@gmail.com>> wrote: Looks like Adobe is trying to get a piece of the VFX industries Link of the article<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/privateequity/11562472/Adobe-eyes-200m-bid-for-British-visual-effects-firm-The-Foundry.html> Good? Bad? Adobe to be the next Autodesk-Evil-Corp-Inc? -- Ronald van Vemden ----------------------------------------------- 3D Graphics & Animation Cyberfish Laboratories | www.cyberfish.nl<http://www.cyberfish.nl> Toonafish | www.toonafish.nl<http://www.toonafish.nl> tel. +31(0)20 5289291 fax +31(0)20 5289292 email: ron...@toonafish.nl<mailto:ron...@toonafish.nl> This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. 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