The Blender Development Fund keeps growing at an incre
The Blender Foundation writes:
> News! Adidas signs up as a Corporate Silver member of the Blender Development Fund. Blender was used by Adidas for visualization before, we look forward to see what the renewed interest of Adidas in Blender will bring us!
I have a LONG history with Blender - I wrote some of the earliest Blender tutorials, worked for Not a Number and helped run the crowdfunding campaign that open sourced Blender (the first one on the internet!). I founded BlenderNation in 2006 and have been editing it every single day since then ;-) I also run the Blender Artists forum and I'm Head of Community at Sketchfab.
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Congrats! I understand Adidas is now the official footwear of Blender Institute's crew. Adidas - it's good to be in Blender's shoes.
I like that
I in turn support blender by wearing Adidas shoes and support Adidas by using Blender.
Nice shoes and all, but more importantly: who's next, Autodesk?
The only corporations that are supporting Blender financially (so far) are those who have the most to gain in supporting Blender development--particularly those who benefit from Blender's open-source pipeline, and its growing studio reach.
That flies directly in the face of companies like Autodesk.
The FOSS community shouldn't fear the funding. Community support is great, and always has been for Blender. It's still community-based, community-targeted development.
But the substantial funding from larger companies will help Blender truly grow towards its highest potential with expedited development and greater scope.
YEAH! Blender, you rock every single day! =D
Congrats!
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Besides, Adidas means much bigger reach as there are more Adidas wearers than CG artists. Who's next, Sir George Clooney?