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June 03, 2005

XSIonOSX Petition

[Poo-Poo Platter] Interestingly enough, just as I finish a phone interview with the XSI Product Planning Group and get my free copy of Softimage|XSI Foundation, there’s a petition floating around asking Softimage to port XSI to OS X. I know that my Powerbook couldn’t handle XSI well at all, but it sure would be neat to have XSI running on Macs. And, as much as I love Maya, there needs to more competition in the Mac 3D market (as small as it is).

Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.

[Highend2d.com] Softimage vs Alias Linux support.: If your comment has something to do with who is using what then unless someone wants to start detailing a list here at Highend as far as I have been informed the majority of studios run Windows and Linux, not OSX. This is not intended to start an OS flame war but to point out that Softimage seems to be targeting specific consumers with broader Linux support than Alias. Sure Alias offers support on OSX and not Softimage but then again how many studios run OSX in their pipeline? I'd say it's a fare guess that the majority of highend software used by studios is ported to Windows and Linux.

[Highend2d.com] Softimage vs Alias Linux support.: If your comment has something to do with who is using what then unless someone wants to start detailing a list here at Highend as far as I have been informed the majority of studios run Windows and Linux, not OSX. This is not intended to start an OS flame war but to point out that Softimage seems to be targeting specific consumers with broader Linux support than Alias. Sure Alias offers support on OSX and not Softimage but then again how many studios run OSX in their pipeline? I'd say it's a fare guess that the majority of highend software used by studios is ported to Windows and Linux.

[Highend2d.com] Softimage vs Alias Linux support.: I've been doing some freelance tech support on and off over the past year and it's surprising the number of people running Windows that ask me about open source projects they've heard of mostly through word of mouth such as Open Office, Gimp, Inkscape, etc. As well the increased number of people requesting to know more about the security comparisons between Microsoft and Linux developers such as Novell and Red Hat. I'm not one to force software on anyone so I try to be open minded when referring to the positive and negative aspects of each software distributed by developers. Coming from years of Windows issues in the home and work environment I do sometimes get a little excited when speaking on Linux Though at least I have a frame of reference to compare both OS and software offered on each platform.

[Ferrago.com] Game & Mod Development - Ferrago News Portal: The mod tools for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War are now available, offering the chance to create custom scenarios for Relic's real-time strategy game. The 76 MB download can be found on FileShack (reg...

[Ferrago.com] Game & Mod Development - Ferrago News Portal: The mod tools for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War are now available, offering the chance to create custom scenarios for Relic's real-time strategy game. The 76 MB download can be found on FileShack (reg...

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Posted at June 3, 2005 09:03 AM

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