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Why would Adobe do this? My guess: Autodesk. Maya and Max are Autodesk's cash cows. Blender is attack said cash cows and thus weakening Autodesk who Adobe migh
by Danieru 5y ago
Why would Adobe do this?
My guess: Autodesk. Maya and Max are Autodesk's cash cows. Blender is attack said cash cows and thus weakening Autodesk who Adobe might be seeing as a competitor in other realms. Weak reasoning I know. At such a low dollar sponsorship it could just be Adobe uses Blender for their commercials or something else trivial.
- gmueckl 5y agoWhat gives you the idea that these tools are cash cows? It's quite then opposite, really. In FY20, Mesia and Entertainment was 5% of Autodesk's revenue as per their own report. I think this is Adobe hedging their bets against Autodesk as they don't have a full 3D DCC software suite. There are 3d modelling and rendering features in some products, but they are just in a supporting role.
- willismichael 5y agoIt would be really interesting to see a future in which giant companies fund open source work as a way to weaken their competitors.
- ebspelman 5y agoMaya and Max contribute less than 8% of Autodesk's total revenue[1]. [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/416285/revenue-of-autodesk-by-segment/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/416285/revenue-of-autode...
- stackedinserter 5y agoDon't click this link, it's a "create account" trap/paywall.