View Full Version : AutoDesk owns the world?
MrPolarBare
03-17-2006, 02:07 AM
I didn't notice until the recent Alias aquisition, but AutoDesk seems to be buying everyone out. When did AutoDesk buyout Discreet (or have they always owned them)? How will Maya and Max coexist with each other? Are we going to see better integration with Combustion and Maya now (ala Maya/Shake or Max/Combustion)? I question if AutoDesk owning two rival companies is a good thing, but after seeing what Adobe has done with Macromedia, I guess it can be done.
J.R. Hudson
03-17-2006, 02:08 AM
No idea; I'm on XSI
Rich Lee
03-17-2006, 02:15 AM
they have owned discreet for a while now...
i see good things happening...time will tell...
oneinfiniteloop
03-17-2006, 08:47 AM
They have said that Maya and Max will be seperate for a while, but they are slowly going to build intergration between the two. Autodesk now owns the two biggest platforms out there for movies and games, so it's a smart move for them to intergrate the two. This is how the future of 3D is evolving, studios share the elements from the movie with the game developer (the new King Kong game, for example)
I think it will be good, but like Rich said, only time will tell.
No idea; I'm on XSI
I really wish they would release this for Mac!!!
and will autodesk buy adobe? :D the rival at compositing and cutting :D
Greggl
03-17-2006, 11:03 AM
This is all history repeating...
Alias, Wavefront, TDI... the many owners of Softimage... Hehe.. lets
not forget that Microsoft even owned SI and the XSI precursor for a while :)
We've seen all this before and in the end the apps keep evolving. Few
years back, everyone was totally counting SI out of the running as their
MS/AVID transitions stalled development for so long.
Matt Grunau
03-17-2006, 12:28 PM
Bah! Sony is going to own the entire planet before all is said and done anyway.
:Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)
MrPolarBare
03-17-2006, 03:08 PM
Bah! Sony is going to own the entire planet before all is said and done anyway.
:Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)
That damn PS3. BluRay everywhere... I can't see... :)
Taylor Moore
03-17-2006, 04:38 PM
It should be very interesting to see what Autodesk does with Maya...thank god there's a sizable user base....or else well all be going back to MAX.)
and I don't want to change...
androoow
03-18-2006, 10:56 AM
i'm waiting for the cylons to take over the world.
i'll gladly give up my 3dstudio maxing for a number 6.
MrPolarBare
03-18-2006, 02:47 PM
I remember when Apple bought Nothing Real (Shake), and people were scared that they would ruin it. Well, so far that seems to be working out (except for the fact that I can't legally use it on my Windows machine anymore :(), so hopefully Autodesk won't mess with (screw up) Maya too much either.
Rich Lee
03-18-2006, 08:03 PM
google should buy avid/softimage and adobe...
google is getting too big. I don't like that
Rich Lee
03-20-2006, 01:55 AM
speak of the devil....
google acquires sketch up....
http://www.sketchup.com/index.php?id=1439
haha. I hope Google won't make any trouble for me.