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On Oct. 4, 2005, Autodesk announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Alias, a privately held developer of 3D graphics technology, for $182 million in cash.

What do you think about this event?

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I think it was a shock for many fans of MAYA.
But I don't think it will hurt them, with Autodesk's money the program will only get better and better and it will become more popular as well.

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I think Autodesk will one day take over the entire 3D industry.

It has bought over too many 3D applications.

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simpo wrote:

I think Autodesk will one day take over the entire 3D industry.

It already did imho:
Autodesk 3ds max
Autodesk Maya
Autodesk Softimage
Autodesk Mudbox
Autodesk Motion Builder
And I'm not even mentioning all the composing software they got from discreet.

They only need
Autodesk renderman or Autodesk mentalray to have a complete domination of 3d industry Smile

But still there is blender 3d that they cannot buy... so they will always have a competitor Very Happy

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3d forums user Joined: 16 Apr 2009 Posts: 24

Andyba wrote:

simpo wrote:

I think Autodesk will one day take over the entire 3D industry.

It already did imho:
Autodesk 3ds max
Autodesk Maya
Autodesk Softimage
Autodesk Mudbox
Autodesk Motion Builder
And I'm not even mentioning all the composing software they got from discreet.

They only need
Autodesk renderman or Autodesk mentalray to have a complete domination of 3d industry Smile

But still there is blender 3d that they cannot buy... so they will always have a competitor Very Happy

Oh..I see..

I never thought that they have bought so many software.

Thanks for the info. Smile

Andyba	Posted: October 13, 2005 Post subject: Autodesk buys Alias
Site Admin Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 732 Back to top	On Oct. 4, 2005, Autodesk announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Alias, a privately held developer of 3D graphics technology, for $182 million in cash. What do you think about this event?

web3dservice	Posted: February 21, 2006 Post subject:
3D forums member Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 48 Back to top	I think it was a shock for many fans of MAYA. But I don't think it will hurt them, with Autodesk's money the program will only get better and better and it will become more popular as well.

simpo	Posted: April 17, 2009 Post subject:
3d forums user Joined: 16 Apr 2009 Posts: 24 Back to top	I think Autodesk will one day take over the entire 3D industry. It has bought over too many 3D applications.

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