No they never cared about the business long term From: Srecko Micic [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, 21 April 2016 2:51 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Autodesk acquires Solid Angle
So at the end AD just wanted devs and working business? -- Micic Srecko ------------------- Mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Skype: srecko.micic ------------------- On Apr 21 2016, at 2:39 pm, Luc-Eric Rousseau <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Oh my god, parents again? Patents are worth nothing if you are not in the business of licensing patents, which Autodesk isn't in. Where these millions dollar patents exactly, and how is that worth 35 miliions? Hiring dozens of people in one shot plus a working business is worth millions, not some useless region dumb ass patent they never used. Softimage`s I.P. was worth exactly zero. On 21 April 2016 at 01:30, Guy Rabiller <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: All until Autodesk came. Here is what happened in 2008: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=12030177&linkID=14271589 Then when Ronald Beirouti left (who created ICE), it was definitely the end of ICE (and Softimage). (https://groups.google.com/d/msg/xsi_list/ElbS6ZbjKEk/vMyh8CGhCpQJ) Peoples still think Autodesk acquired Softimage from Avid for XSI or for the developers team. It was all for the patents. The rest is "accessory". How many patents Solid Angle had ? <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> </tr> </table>
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