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Re:Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into sub... by zirgs on Saturday July 01, 2023 @08:35AM (#36549446)
Thank god there's Blender so 3D artists don't have to pay the ridiculous price for 3ds max and Maya. (Why the hell was Autodesk allowed to buy Maya?)
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Re:Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into sub... by NikkiA on Saturday July 01, 2023 @10:41AM (#36550609)
Because at the time SoftImage was still around, which meant that Autodesk owning 3ds max and maya didn't form a monopoly. Of course, Adobe now owns the defunct SoftImage brand anyway after Avid ran it into the ground.
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Re:Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into sub... by zirgs on Saturday July 01, 2023 @12:57PM (#36552108)
Autodesk bought Softimage|XSI and then simply killed it after a few years. It's crazy that they can get rid of their competitors this easily.

Another reason why I recommend all 3D artists to learn Blender. Nobody can buy and then kill it off. I'm pretty sure Autodesk would love to do that if they could.

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