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When Autodesk bought Alias|Wavefront, it was already running on Linux, with their customers running Linux. Killing it would damage their business, so they conti
by vetinari 8y ago
When Autodesk bought Alias|Wavefront, it was already running on Linux, with their customers running Linux. Killing it would damage their business, so they continue with the development.
Meanwhile their original product, 3ds max, is pretty locked into Windows.
- CyberDildonics 8y ago3D Studio was written directly for Windows NT and isn't available on Mac OSX either. There is already Maya, Softimage XSI, Houdini and Modo on Linux. I'm not sure where the expectation comes from that 3D Studio would be ported to Linux. It isn't any sort of a standard for general 3d work, isn't used much by the computer animation or visual effects companies, and is more of an exception.
- vetinari 8y agoIt is not an expectation of being ported to Linux, it is a statement of fact of being windows exclusive. It was originally a DOS application, which was rewritten for Windows, and is used in game development.
- CyberDildonics 8y agoThe original comment was about Adobe and Autodesk 'supporting' linux properly. 3D Studio was originally written for DOS, but published by Autodesk, not written by them. It doesn't make sense to say Autodesk doesn't 'properly support Linux' when they have software for Linux, and one program that isn't for Linux doesn't really have much demand on Linux in the first place.