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Autodesk buys Alias

Posted: October 13, 2005
3d artist gallery Andyba
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?
Posted: February 21, 2006
web3dservice
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.
Posted: April 17, 2009
simpo
I think Autodesk will one day take over the entire 3D industry.

It has bought over too many 3D applications.
Posted: April 19, 2009
3d artist gallery Andyba
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
Posted: April 20, 2009
simpo
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