I don't think we have any real
worries at this point. I believe that Avid is a ways away from actually
releasing a Symphony-Nitris. They're having pretty massive problems that
relate to the operating system. Since the DS is completely tied to Windows,
they're having considerable problems porting it to software that runs in an
operating system that is not Windows.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM]On Behalf
Of
Chasteen, Howard
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 2:32 PM
To:
DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: RE: DS Cracked [was: Apple on Intel [was Re:
Poll]]
This may seem a bit blunt but I would not even spend $20K on
such a
system until we see if DS still exists as a distinct product after
NAB
2006. Avid is staying completely silent on the subject.. We shall see.
I
certainly hope that the DS brand and philosophy does not cease to
exist.
A re-write of the system is OK but not if it loses its many
good
distinctives.
H
-----Original Message-----
From:
owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On
Behalf
Of Todd
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 12:17 PM
To:
DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: RE: DS Cracked [was: Apple on Intel [was Re:
Poll]]
We've had this discussion before friends:
How many of you
would buy a $10k 'software only' version of DS. Or even
a
$20k compositing
station as a COMPLEMENT to DS? Basically a DS without a
Nitris BOB that could
be used for compositing and cutting mattes etc.
Media would have to be
ingested on the DS Nitris and would be shared the
same way RP media is
shared. You wouldn't be able to do much with this
station without a DS Nitris
as 'big brother' except with file based
material
which honestly DS ain't
so compelling for...
I might even $30k if they included the HP
workstation/video card combo.
Plus
for me I'd have to buy a Unity seat for
each one I got...Avid could make
MORE MONEY from me AND MAKE ME HAPPIER AT
THE SAME TIME...
Offer a $50k version with Audio/Video OUTPUT only and
I'd buy that
too...
-Todd
Union
> -----Original
Message-----
> From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On
Behalf
Of
> Marc Fisher
> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005
15:20
> To: 'DS(at)Softimage.COM'
> Subject: DS Cracked [was: Apple on
Intel [was Re: Poll]]
>
> Theorectically speaking, of course, the
DS, as with the Media
Composer,
> and
> Xpress, that you guys are
discussing, would operate just fine witout
the
> hardware. The Hardware
is not much more than an I/O box. All the
> processing
> is done in
the CPU. True, how would you then get the clips into it,
> firewire? Not
actice in DS software yet. MC and Xpress it is though.
You
> could
firewire it. Or DVD/CD.
>
> Wouldn't it be the coolest things if you
could buy a fully functional
> version of DS to run on laptops or other
PCs, to say, offline,
conform, or
> composite? Then being able to save
out your project, open it on the DS
> with
> Nitris hardware, and
either recapture the media, render, and/or
output.
> Kind
> of,
take on FCp where it really matters. (And I say FCP solely because
>
that
> seems to be Avid's biggest competition right now.)
>
>
I guess that would compete with Xpress pro and the lower end avid
>
products,
> and we certainly don't want to muddle up the product
line...(snicker
> snicker)
>
> Marc
>
>
-----Original Message-----
> From: Chasteen, Howard [mailto:Howard.Chasteen(at)fotf.org]
>
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 3:01 PM
> To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
>
Subject: RE: Apple on Intel [was Re: Poll]
>
> "And? Tell me, what
are they gonna run it on?"
>
> Precisely one of the reasons that
Avid always likes to sell some Avid
> branded and proprietary hardware as
part of each high end system.
> Software is not good without the Nitris or
Equinox eh?
>
> Purple boxes....little purple boxes. They're
everywhere. They are
> everywhere!
>
> On the early DS systems
the only thing you could not find direct from
the
> manufacturer was
the dongle;-) A very strong reason to leave the
older
>
Mac
> based Avids behind and switch to the early SoftImage
DS.
>
> Howard
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On
Behalf
Of
> Tony Quinsee-Jover
> Sent: Wednesday, November 16,
2005 10:22 AM
> To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
> Subject: RE: Apple on Intel
[was Re: Poll]
>
> "DS has been cracked"
>
> And? Tell
me, what are they gonna run it on?
>
> T :)
>
>
-----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On
Behalf
Of
> Dom Q. Silverio
> Sent: 16 November 2005
17:10
> To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
> Subject: Re: Apple on Intel [was Re:
Poll]
>
>
> Unfortunately, this is not the case.
> DS
has been cracked - so has Lustre, Smoke, Media Composer, and
many
more.
>
>
> Dom Q. Silverio
>
editor
>
>
> > At the very least, Apple could
place the equivelant
> > of a "dongle" into hardware on the
motherboard. I
> > don't see anyone reverse-engineering
"dongles" so
> > that they may run expensive applications
like the DS
> > or AutoCad on just any computer.
>
>
> Dom Q. Silverio
> Editor
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