On Fri, 10 Nov 2006, Stefan Andersson wrote:
damn you Joe.... you just couldn't stop yourself could you...
*mumble* *mumble* *mumble*
Heh. Well that certainly wouldn't be the intention. That would also be a
terrible marketing decision given other packages giving away free render
nodes.
My feeling is that SoftImage needs to take a closer look at the small
studio market. Not the amatuer market, but the small studios who NEED
renderfarms, but cannot afford the current pricing for very many nodes. In
smaller studios the renderfarm is made up of last year's workstations.
With the current node pricing this is not practical. You must purchase new
fast hardware instead. This leads to less money for SoftImage, and bad
sentiment from users, which in tern leads to fewer recommends for XSI, and
fewer customers.
On 11/10/06, Eric Lampi <ericlampi(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
Cue licensing on a per core basis in 3...2...1...
E
Freelance 3-D Animator, F/X Artist
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From: Joe Laffey <joe(at)laffey.tv>
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 8:24:29 AM
Subject: Re: [OT] graphics card
On Fri, 10 Nov 2006, Morten Bartholdy wrote:
> Regarding the Quad Core Xeons - I just tested a box fresh in from my
hardware
> pusher - it was 4,8 times faster at pure raytracing than my dual Xeon 3,4
GHz
> i bought a year ago!
>
> I am waiting for the pricetag, but it makes sense to get one of those to
> replace yor renderboxes instead of forking out for more MR licenses.
Yet another reason the render node pricing is ridiculous. People end up
buying more hardware, and not giving any more money to SoftImage. Price
render nodes reasonably and it might be the other way around.
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