Marcos has a very level head on his shoulders. He and his team have created stunningly simple and powerful software rendering and done it in almost a ninja-like careful fashion.
I believe him when he says he feels it will be good for the company and users. The one indisputable fact, though, is he now has no more real control. He sold 100% of that control. He is now an employee in his own company. History has shown that rarely works well. It isn't unique to Autodesk, and I am not even talking about Softimage. It is just, simply and starkly, business. Only time will tell if this proves to be the right decision. Everything we speculate is literally just that. Speculation. Even what Marcos says from now on is just speculation. Father time knows, but he only tells us one day at a time. It will take years for him to tell his story. On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 6:28 PM, Steven Caron <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >> >> >> > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > -- Perry Harovas Animation and Visual Effects http://www.TheAfterImage.com <http://www.theafterimage.com/> -26 Years Experience -Member of the Visual Effects Society (VES)
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