Autodesk Completes Acquisition of Alias

autodesk and aliasAutodesk, creator of 3ds Max, has acquired Alias, the creator of Maya:

On January 10, 2006, Autodesk completed the acquisition of Alias for $197 million USD. Alias is a leading developer of 3D graphics technology. This acquisition extends Autodesk’s 3D software leadership in the manufacturing and media and entertainment industries.

A key area of focus will be on linking Autodesk’s and Alias’ existing applications to provide customers with increased interoperability, seamless workflows and improved data management. By offering a more complete set of technologies for the manufacturing and media and entertainment industries, Autodesk customers will be able to obtain solutions from a single company, simplifying everything from training to upgrades.

Read the full press release here.



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2 Responses to “Autodesk Completes Acquisition of Alias”  

  1. 1 Guus Edit Link

    Hi Bart,

    It's nice to see your enthousiasm about Blender-ing and everything that comes with it.. Good luck with blogging and your tutorials.

    Bye,
    Guus

    Btw. I shall click on some ads for a couple of Google pennies… :-)

  2. 2 Mindaugas_HW Edit Link

    Off Topic : how to post a link to an image?
    Sorry.
    I'm new to blendernation so here I'm trying variuos ways of posting a link to something (image).

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    http://uploader.polorix.net//files/334/Blender/Mancandy/Mancandy_sleeping.png

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