Mark Green skrev:
>> >> >3D software maker Softimage was acquired by Microsoft, managed
>> >> >poorly for several years, then sold to Avid. That's probably
>> >> >the connection you're thinking of.
>> >>
>> >> Another SGI firm, then.
>>
>> >Not exactly, SGI owns Alias|Wavefront which is the main
>> >competitor to SoftImage. The one main benefit of SoftImage
>> >being bought out by Microsoft is it started both companies
>> >moving their products to cheaper platforms.
>>
>> I didn't mean that they were owned by SGI, but that they specialised in SGI
>> products. As for moving their products to cheaper platforms, is that any
>> advantage?
>You bet. Ten years ago the hardware for a typical animation station
>was around $75,000 (a high end SGI), then you put around $75,000
>worth of software on it, for a total or around $150,000. I now
>teach at a media school, where I have a class of 60 students
>learning 3D modeling and animation. I need around 30 stations for
>this class, at $150,000 each that's a significant investment. Moving
>to a PC based platform at least reduces the hardware costs. Over
>the past decade the cost of Alias and SoftImage software has also
>decreased.
True, it's a lot of fun if you're low on money, but moving killer apps (the
apps that make a platform viable) to the PC platform, you only consolidate its
ubiquitous status.
>I bought four 310VGX's at the Alias fire sale, which was actually
>conducted by SGI.
Old m68k machines?
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Received on Mon Feb 19 2001 - 09:14:30 GMT