Pushing the topic back to the Solid Angle purchase... https://twitter.com/arnoldrenderer/status/723139036517261313
For me, when or if Marcos and his team stop publishing to SIGGRAPH and releasing papers without patenting first I will know Autodesk cares more about "patents" than the talent and product they bought. On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Guy Rabiller <[email protected]> wrote: > > You do not need to be in the business of licensing patents to benefit from > acquiring some. First they don't get in your way anymore, second they get > in the way of your concurrents, third they don't quit if they don't like > what they see. Companies like Autodesk are quite sensitive about legal > issues. At least the patents are still in their hands. > > On another hand, where is that $35 millions dollars team now ? Tell me. > No offense here but it seems the most valuable (tech speaking) members of > the XSI dev team have left the boat by now. What a wise move from Autodesk > if she really was after that team ! And where is that working business now > ? No comment. > > All those millions for.. what for btw, fairy tails aside ? > -- > > guy rabiller | radfac founder | linkedin.com/in/guyrabiller > > > On 21/04/16 14:39, Luc-Eric Rousseau 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. > >
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