On 01/27/16
18:22, Mirko Jankovic wrote:
And honestly support stopped once AD bought SI ;)
Arguably along with it's life.
Rumors of it being acquired (especially by Autodesk) were almost
interpreted as rumors of it's death.
(because of track record and that it would be the third product
under the same roof for achieving similar ends)
I heard a rumor: Autodesk to
buy Soft??? (Oct 2008)
(just a few quotes out of many similar, and a few hopeful
for SI's future to remain positive)
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Just
heard the same thing on this side of the pond....
*reaches for a tissue*
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Man, I hope not. They are good at buying their
competition and then killing the products...
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If Autodesk were to buy Softimage, it would
probably be to kill it as that would be the
path of least resistance considering Max and
Maya already have a strong foothold in
marketshare.
Making XSI their new flagship product -
while good from my point of view - probably
wouldn't fly very far with the customer
base.
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What I would be more afraid of
is the scrapping of the developers.
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Okay now keeping aside if it's true
or not that AD acquired SI, can anyone rumorize why
that would make any sense?
Softimage seems to be growing more than ever before
(in the last few years) and it is making lots of the
companies (specially in game industry) stop using
max and maya. They just released ICE which is a
groundbreaking technology that can only increase the
growing rate of app sales.
huh?
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Likewise, actual news of it being acquired were also almost taken
as as official news of it's death.
(because it would be the third product under the same roof for
achieving similar ends)
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I really need a drink now...
Not in panic, but one company owning most of the 3D
software market can't be good. Also, they've got 3
similar 3D applications.. if I were them, I'd kill
at least one in near future.
I bet they can raise the prices as high as they want
now.
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I can't see how Autodesk can realistically support
and maintain 3 major 3d applications that overlap in
80% of their features and capability.
I think that all three will run their courses with
some improvements...some of which we may greatly
benefit from,
but over time...all three will either be slowly
phased out and rolled into next gen software, or two
of them will disappear.
This all souds very Adobe-ish to me. 3d apps will
be as boring and slow to develop as photoshop.
Competition spurs innovation...thats now been lost.
But I do truely feel for anyone that is victim of
this at Softimage. Roles will overlap I imagine and
some people will move on.
Cheers to Softimage and so many years of
awesomeness. I hope it continues to some degree at
Autodesk, especially with ICE which is just simply
amazing.
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They can now implement whatever pricing scheme they
like.
if you dont like it..... crayons?
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I guess the question is -- will it ensure a slow
grind towards mediocrity?
It's hard to imagine healthy competition between the
"big three" now that they're owned by the same
company...
yes, definitely great
for interop, but i can't imagine it being great
for innovation.
and in the long run, innovation is what's going to
drive the industry forward.
dazed and confused,
chrisg
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And the more-or-less official reasons for retiring it ::
(in LaPresse article as also stated in reseller announcements)
Autodesk decision
is easily explained.
Through acquisitions, the company was now the owner of
three competing software: Maya, 3ds Max and Softimage.
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All despite... a number of assurances,
Autodesk
buys Softimage | CGSociety
Ed Harris
They also assured me that all of those products on
the Softimage
line will stay in development, to make sure that the
team continues to give people choice.
"Why not partner together and get the speed of
development going," added Marc Stevens.
Both Marcs were adamant that the community would
benefit from the move.
The only thing that will change will be the name at
the top. It is up to the community now to see what
the shake-out holds for their workflow.
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including the famous 'furture is bright'.. going-up all the way
to the 2014 "unfold event" commitments.
But today, like then or at the moment of the EOL, practically
nothing has changed at least for the broad lines, (SI pros and
cons)
except for how it was perceived.
Nevertheless, here is to fairness, consideration, and innovation.
