Comments on: TrueSpace story ending

By: mnoon

mnoon — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:44:12 +0000

I can’t fathom why microsoft would dissolve truespace unless it meant implenting a truespace clone in silverlight or directx frameworks.

By: kola

kola — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:02:22 +0000

AMIGA and truespace forever.

- maxon cinema
- lightwave

and others…

By: alex

alex — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:01:33 +0000

Good bye Truespace and Caligari. The only software that delivered for the price!!!

By: winston

winston — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:04:45 +0000

Go thing i switched to Blender several month ago and i’m not looking back

By: Paul Hastings

Paul Hastings — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:01:17 +0000

Very sad.

By: me

me — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:47:26 +0000

well i always liked truespace but never really got into it. i like blender alot! :D
wish it werent so hard to understand thou :(

By: Larry Wilson

Larry Wilson — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:44:00 +0000

This wouldn’t be the first time Microsoft bought an Amiga developer in order to cannibalize their technology. They did it before with a music program called Bars and Pipes Professional. For the longest time it was the MIDI sequencer of choice for the Amiga.

At least TrueSpace lasted this long, although I didn’t really like the interface any more than I did when the Amiga version was called Caligari.

By: EthanZ

EthanZ — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:04:29 +0000

TrueSpace, the fist 3d modelling program I used… until I found blender :D

By: Joeri.

Joeri. — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:48:21 +0000

Microsoft creating a 3d software package? hahaha… sure.

Microsoft should stick with Office. And be glad if they can survive with that.
People are getting tired driving the trabant amongst the computers.

By: Alex Blank

Alex Blank — Sun, 24 May 2009 17:42:47 +0000

Well, what they did is unfortunately an exploitation of US tax and software laws. By buying Truespace, they own the rights to its source (which they can still use later), but by posting losses on Truespace which then “forced” them to shut down Truespace, Microsoft can write it off as a loss and salvage tax expenses on it. This allows them to maximize profits on their next 3d software endeavor without having to pay steep costs in the short run. That is the way American tax laws can screw the end-users while keeping the rich in power.