Probably the said way of putting things into perspective. I am hopeful that
this could be a win for EDU institutions and students whom may have previously
not been able to go the Arnold route (We had to drop it after a year because of
cutbacks , and it was painful to go back to mental ray at that stage)
Perry has also nailed it on the control issue. Have seen it happen many times
before. Even someone with the best of intentions. Luckily for us we have
switched to Octane and are very happy. If anything this might accelerate the
switch to GPU renders like Octane and Redshift.
From: Perry Harovas [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, 19 April 2016 2:30 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Autodesk acquires Solid Angle
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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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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