So Microsoft is complaining that free software is nasty, bad, unpatriotic and destroying the economy. Isn't that how they destroyed Netscape, by giving away Internet Explorer for free and eliminating Netscape's main source of revenue? Perhaps the shoe is on the other foot this time around. Hee hee.
Looked at the website, and it is apparently an application called SoftFX, which has been on the market for years. It was never much of a commercial success. I looked at it a few times over the years and it's OK, but pales in comparison to apps like Maya, Soft, Max, etc...
Seems like the author's given up on selling the thing and has decided to give it away. Maybe some clever people can add enough cool features to make it production worthy. Hook it into BMRT for a start.
I think this is a great idea. Maybe authors of other failed commercial ventures can do the same thing - give away the code via GPL. Some of it might find life elsewhere.
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Amiga? Maybe 5 years ago, but not now. Not in any of the places I've worked, at least. Most of the people using Lightwave are now on NT/2000.
So Microsoft is complaining that free software is nasty, bad, unpatriotic and destroying the economy. Isn't that how they destroyed Netscape, by giving away Internet Explorer for free and eliminating Netscape's main source of revenue? Perhaps the shoe is on the other foot this time around. Hee hee.
Looked at the website, and it is apparently an application called SoftFX, which has been on the market for years. It was never much of a commercial success. I looked at it a few times over the years and it's OK, but pales in comparison to apps like Maya, Soft, Max, etc... Seems like the author's given up on selling the thing and has decided to give it away. Maybe some clever people can add enough cool features to make it production worthy. Hook it into BMRT for a start. I think this is a great idea. Maybe authors of other failed commercial ventures can do the same thing - give away the code via GPL. Some of it might find life elsewhere.