DS doomed itself with Windows, because the user base they were going after has always been mac-based and windows-hating (even through the dark Apple years of the 1990s). Later, none of the code or components of DS could be ported/shared to media composer or other Avid Mac products, so they couldn't contribute to Avid.
On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Emilio Hernandez <emi...@e-roja.com> wrote: > I don't believe DS is doomed because of being attached to the windows > platform. In Mexico, when it started being a Softimage product, several > were sold. I bought one. It was a better software than Inferno IMHO, and > a lot of bucks below. To have an Inferno it not only meant the silicon > mainframe as it was kind of a NASA computer to launch the Apollo XIII. The > whole suite configuration to have an Inferno suite was around $1,000,000. > While mounting a DS suite was around $150,000. > > If Avid had treated the DS with the respect it deserved instead of > something coming out from a stock exchange between Avid and Microsoft, the > outcome would be quite a different story. > > I am still using the DS for on-line and I still love it above now AD > pirotechnics. > > Now that Avid move it away from being a turnkey system which would only > work with Avid hardware and it's selling for 10 grand compared to a Smoke > solution of $120,000 for the real thing, let's see what happens. > > Comping work is now done 95% on side platforms like Nuke, Fusion, After > Effects, etc. Than in the old mighty Inferno, Flame, etc. > > I believe that now the DS solution has more life to go than AD > pyrotechnics. As it integrates better from the editing to finishing > pipeline and delivery pipeline. > > Cheers. > > > 2013/8/6 Luc-Eric Rousseau <luceri...@gmail.com> > >> doomed from the start by its deep attachment to the Windows platform. >> >> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 4:51 AM, Fabrice Altman <fabr...@studioaka.co.uk> >> wrote: >> > I think Luc-Eric did ‘a bit of work’ on that as well. >> >> >> http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/it-looks-like-avid-is-finally-going-lay-ds-to-rest >> >> > > > -- > >
