I am not excited on this acquisition either but it is easy to see that this isn't the same deal as the Softimage one. So don't confuse my statements for full support but rather a level headed look at what is really happening.
I don't see how having Arnold stop working in C4D and Houdini means those houses are forced to switch to AD products? On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Sven Constable <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, a softimage costumer who didn't pay AD had to pay AD after the > aquisition. Doesn’t stop them from killing it and they got basically ALL > the former softimage costumers. Remember, not all C4D/Houdini companies are > using arnold. So AD could sell a few arnold lics to a maybe 50% of the > C4D/Houdini houses or force ALL of them to switch to Max and Maya in the > long run. Especially since max/maya are somehow comparable to C4D/H in the > mind of AD. > > >
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