18 Feb
2001
18 Feb
'01
10:58 a.m.
Mark Green skrev:
> John Foust skrev:
>
> >At 04:31 AM 2/17/01 +0100, Iggy Drougge wrote:
> >>>I'm not aware of any connection between ASDG /Elastic Reality
> >>>and Microsoft. ASDG sold out to Avid... again, quite willingly.
> >>>Their products were barely marketed there and languished.
> >>
> >>Really? I thought those two were M$ victims.
>
> >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?
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