From: "Alexis Mather" To: "'Derek Elliott'" ; "'Kurt Wendt'" Cc: "'Kare Ola Jacobsson'" ; <3dsmax@engram.net> Subject: RE: MAX/Linux? Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 10:28 AM I'll just put in my little piece here before the thread degenerates... The most recent statement that I've heard (directly from Discreet employees, just a couple of weeks ago): Discreet is listening to the user community as far as demand for a Linux product is concerned, but will not launch into a 'me too' initiative of doing a Linux product for the sake of it. Developing the software this far has been an expensive (but overall profitable) business, and taking it to Linux is also going to be expensive. It has to make sound business sense, and at present it does not. My feelings on the matter: if you need to use a 3D product, and your choices refine themselves down to using Max (price/feature ratio), then you just go with the platform it runs on (WinNT's ~US$200 price tag is small change when buying a $3K+ package). Perhaps I'm being *really* naive here, but is there a *real* reason you'd want to run Max on Linux rather than NT other than not wanting to put another $200 in Billy G's pocket? Please note that I don't want a general NT vs Linux thread here, just a specific comparison in the case of Max. If such a reason can/does exist, and 33%-50% of the ~100,000 existing Max users made a stand and said 'we won't upgrade Max any further unless its to a Linux version', and new users abandoned Max and went in droves to Linux-based 3D apps, *then* you might hear Discreet saying that it was time to move to Linux (just plain business sense). That's it for my brain-dump on the matter. Alexis --=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=-- Alexis Mather Tools & Content Manager, Developer Relations Group Matrox Graphics Inc. -------- Contact Details ------- Alexis.Mather@Matrox.com tel: +1 (514) 685-7230 x7528 fax: +1 (514) 685-7030 --=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=-- -- Subscribe/Unsubscribe at: http://mail.engram.net/guest/RemoteListSummary/3DSTUDIOMAX List courtesy of http://www.Engram.net