Killing 3ds max doesn't surprise me. I talked to a 3ds max dev at Siggraph this year and we had a discussion about the 3 dcc apps and he said that if they are going to kill one of them, it would be 3ds max because it's just to old and to expensive to develop. But I think 3ds max design will survive for the CAD business.
/Jens On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Eugen Sares <softim...@keyvis.at> wrote: > > http://www.reddit.com/r/vfx/comments/z8o09/autodesk_is_no_longer_going_to_develop_3d%20smax_and/ > > > > Am 03.09.2012 12:07, schrieb Adam Seeley: > > > Although I hope and pray for the return of what was once a competitive > market, I can't imagine AD selling a piece of software that might become > competitive to it's own products again. > > It'd tie up it's adopted child in a sack and throw it off a bridge first I > imagine. > > A. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* olivier jeannel <olivier.jean...@noos.fr><olivier.jean...@noos.fr> > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Sent:* Friday, 31 August 2012, 14:43 > *Subject:* Re: Friday Flashback > > Agree, AD should sell back Softimage to some serious developper company. > > After all, SI is just a pluggin on their website. > > Olivier > > > Le 31/08/2012 15:32, Eugen Sares a écrit : > > Am 31.08.2012 15:26, schrieb Graham Bell: > >> A very good point Ed, as myself and others have been doing the same > thing. > >> Not wanting to make light of Stephens news, and whilst many are > understandably hung up on the negative impact to Softimage, there have also > been some other M&E names that have also fallen victim to the 7%. > >> And that is all I'm willing to say for now, because if I said any more > I could probably get into serious trouble. > > All this big company BS... I'm happy again to be a freelancer. > > Can you ask your bosses if Softimage is for sale? Let's find some > russian oligarch willing to invest in 3d-software instead of a soccer club. > SI would be in better hands, I reckon. > > > >> > >> G > >> > >> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Ed Harriss > >> Sent: 31 August 2012 14:14 > >> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > >> Subject: RE: Friday Flashback > >> > >> I don't understand how this could have happened. How did they pick the > 7%? Did they blindfold themselves and throw darts at a an employee chart? > No disrespect to the good people that weren't part of the 7%, but from a > user's viewpoint it seems like they let go some people who were more > valuable than they could possibly imagine. I am very sorry to hear about > this. > >> > >> Ed > >> > >> > >> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Paul Griswold > >> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 9:09 AM > >> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > >> Subject: Re: Friday Flashback > >> > >> I'm on boards with several others. This might be the tipping point for > me. Stephen & Manny were, without a doubt, the main reason I continued to > pay my subscription each year. > >> > >> I've been evaluating options over the past couple of years, and while I > don't think there's anything nearly as good as Softimage, it's burdened by > a corporation that doesn't know it's @sshole from it's elbow. > >> > >> Stephen, please (if you feel like it) post other contact info to the > list so folks can stay in touch. > >> > >> You have always been an extremely kind, thoughtful, patient and helpful > person (especially when dealing with someone like me). I can't express > enough how angry and saddened I am at this news. > >> > >> I'm sure you realize it already, but there's an entire community here > that's ready and willing to help out in any way we can. > >> > >> I wish you all the best in your future. > >> > >> Paul > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -- Jens Lindgren -------------------------- Lead Technical Director Magoo 3D Studios <http://www.magoo3dstudios.com/>
