I think it's pretty obvious: defensive move to protect against competition.
If another company had acquired and developed Softimage at the rate it was possible with proper funding, Autodesk would have a real problem on its hands. Matt -----Original Message----- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of David Saber Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 8:55 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Autodesk webinar Maurice, Just one more question: couldn't you have realized that in 2008? Why buy Softimage if it's just to realize you don't have enough resource to develop it? Back in 2008 there were other companies willing to acquire Softimage and they would have kept developing it, not kill it. Shame. David On 2014-03-18 00:52, Maurice Patel wrote: > The answer to those three questions are so we can focus more of our efforts > on Maya and 3ds Max.
