Does this even matter? Facts are... 1. Softimage is not available to anyone for purchase anymore 2. Softimage is not actively developed anymore
Sure, if you freeze your hardware, OS, and drivers at this point, you'll be able to run Soft for the rest of your life. If that's what you want, be our guest (and I mean this in the best possible way). I'm sure many facilities will operate like that for a while, while looking for a viable alternative. Because at some point, if they intend to remain competitive, they'll have to jump on to something else. I'm still running combustion 4. Because I seldom need it, but it does what I need very well. But I have to deal with a lot of issues when I do. And because my living does not depend on it. If it did, I'd be crazy doing this. My $0.02. Sergio Muciño. Sent from my iPad. > On Jul 28, 2014, at 6:05 PM, "Sven Constable" <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de> > wrote: > > There are companies working with Softimage 7.01 today. Thats before the > adsk-aquisition in 2008. How many of your projects could potentially be done > with a software 8 years ago if not using softimage? I would say none of them. > For small or medium sized companies, using softimage maybe all of them. > > Autodesk keeps software running that is from the early nienties and it runs > today. Not because they're developing it. They do not anything to keep it up > to date. It's just how the windows platform works. > > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com > [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Alan Fregtman > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 11:47 PM > To: XSI Mailing List > Subject: Re: Softimage is not EOL > > "B" is inevitable and only a matter of time... Better prepare to switch > before the metaphorical door of incompatibility hits you in the face. > > My $0.02, > > -- Alan > > > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Jon Swindells <jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm> > wrote: > remind us again, what stage of grief is denial ? > > > > -- > Jon Swindells > jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm > > > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014, at 11:55 PM, Sven Constable wrote: > Hi list, > > Some people (Adsk) told me recently that Softimage is EOL. Well, one could > argue that the word "life" in terms of software is ridicilous in the first > place. But because I thought about what Softimage is currently as a product, > I would like to dive deeper into the subject:) > > The question is: Is it EOL software or not? > > Answer: It's not EOL software. It's proprietary software! > > The definition of EOL software is: > > A: A software that doesn't fit current production needs. > > B: A software that doesn't run on todays hardware, so it's no longer usable > on your hardware (like SGI or NT software). > > On the other hand the definition of proprietary software is: > > A: A software that can accomplish things that are not doable by common (or > commercial software), out of the box or in the same timeframe or at the same > cost. Companies developing their own inhouse tools to do just that. > > B: A software that is not available to the public. > > Think about it and decide on your own. Softimage ist not EOL at all. > It'sproprietary software. > > > > sven > > > > > > >
