Szomorú hír terjed a cg kapátorok körében: az Autodesk megvette tokkal vonóval a Naiadot. Mennyivel másabb lenne a hír, ha azt írhattam volna hogy: The Foundry Naiad, nemde??
Dear Naiad customer,
Please be aware that Autodesk has acquired the Naiad fluid simulation technology in order to accelerate their research and development of
simulation technologies for visual effects.
The Naiad technology, along with the engineering expertise of the founders of Exotic Matter, are anticipated to benefit not only Autodesk’s Digital Entertainment Creation solutions, but also Autodesk research into cloud services for the Media & Entertainment industry.
Your involvement has been crucial to the success of Naiad and I would like to thank you for supporting Naiad and being a part of the development of the technology.
As part of the Naiad technology being acquired by Autodesk, you need to be aware that:
* After Naiad 0.6.1 is released, all further Naiad development will cease.
* The current maintenance term will be the last one offered by Exotic Matter. All maintenance contracts will be terminated after the current term expires.
* The full source code for Naiad Studio, Naiad Command Line, and all Naiad Buddies will be included as part of the Naiad 0.6.1 release.
Due to the development transition to Autodesk, Exotic Matter support for open-source code will no longer be provided.
* New Naiad licenses are not available through Exotic Matter. Inquiries should be directed to Autodesk.
I am very excited about the future of the Naiad technology. It is anticipated that certain Naiad technology may find its way into future Autodesk offerings and we look forward to working with you to make this happen.
Sincerely,
Marcus Nordenstam
Please be aware that Autodesk has acquired the Naiad fluid simulation technology in order to accelerate their research and development of
simulation technologies for visual effects.
The Naiad technology, along with the engineering expertise of the founders of Exotic Matter, are anticipated to benefit not only Autodesk’s Digital Entertainment Creation solutions, but also Autodesk research into cloud services for the Media & Entertainment industry.
Your involvement has been crucial to the success of Naiad and I would like to thank you for supporting Naiad and being a part of the development of the technology.
As part of the Naiad technology being acquired by Autodesk, you need to be aware that:
* After Naiad 0.6.1 is released, all further Naiad development will cease.
* The current maintenance term will be the last one offered by Exotic Matter. All maintenance contracts will be terminated after the current term expires.
* The full source code for Naiad Studio, Naiad Command Line, and all Naiad Buddies will be included as part of the Naiad 0.6.1 release.
Due to the development transition to Autodesk, Exotic Matter support for open-source code will no longer be provided.
* New Naiad licenses are not available through Exotic Matter. Inquiries should be directed to Autodesk.
I am very excited about the future of the Naiad technology. It is anticipated that certain Naiad technology may find its way into future Autodesk offerings and we look forward to working with you to make this happen.
Sincerely,
Marcus Nordenstam
UPDATE: nem folytatják, mint standalone, hanem a technológiát beolvasztják a programjaikba.
In an effort to accelerate Autodesk’s research and development of
simulation technologies for visual effects, Autodesk has acquired the
Naiad fluid simulation technology from Exotic Matter.
Exotic
Matter’s founder and CEO, Marcus Nordenstam and Chief Scientist, Robert
Bridson have joined Autodesk. Robert Bridson also will continue as a
professor of Scientific Computing/Computer Graphics at the University of
British Columbia.
Autodesk will not continue to market and sell
Naiad as a standalone product but it is anticipated that certain Naiad
technology may find its way into future Autodesk offerings. As of this
time, there are no new product or offering announcements pertaining to
the Autodesk software portfolio.
It's expected that Exotic Matter
will contact its existing Naiad customers and provide information on how
support will be handled. These customers can also still contact Exotic
Matter through existing channels.
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