well take the make mischief engine, add and 2 animation element to it and Wow ;) ________________________________ From: Sebastien Sterling [sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com] Sent: 16 December 2014 02:09 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry!
Wouldn't it make sense for Disney to buy it ? now that they own the planet... On 16 December 2014 at 11:45, Angus Davidson <angus.david...@wits.ac.za<mailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.za>> wrote: The group that owns the Foundry is a private equity firm, so a change of ownership every few years is a given. However its bought and sold as any investment. Its how a lot of private firms increase their money base. On the plus side if it was ever sold to Autodesk it would then be accessible via the ARC licences for education which would be a great thing. However given what Autodesk did with Softimage a very compelling case could be made to the Monopolies Board to block the sale. (which is one of the reasons Autodesk should have sold Softimage rather then killing it) The Foundry also cant piss off its nuke customers either as there is now a much cheaper , yet still workable alternative in Fusion (which is now in the hands of a Savvy company). Its going to be an interesting year next year ;) ________________________________ From: Simon Reeves [si...@simonreeves.com<mailto:si...@simonreeves.com>] Sent: 16 December 2014 12:09 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Subject: Re: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry! Not sure if I could commit to agreeing with that Simon Reeves London, UK si...@simonreeves.com<mailto:si...@simonreeves.com> www.simonreeves.com<http://www.simonreeves.com> www.analogstudio.co.uk<http://www.analogstudio.co.uk> On 16 December 2014 at 09:45, Leendert A. Hartog <hirazib...@live.nl<mailto:hirazib...@live.nl>> wrote: Let me make a deliberately bold statement here: I indeed do hope Autodesk acquires the Foundry (although realistically I do not really see it happen, but that's another story): the more mass Autodesk acquires, the bigger the chance of it finally collapsing in on itself, which undoubtedly would leave the industry in a big mess, but would also open the way to IHMO much-needed "new beginnings". Greetz Leendert -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.comLet This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> </tr> </table>
