Autodesk's Acquisition of Alias

[vadyr]

Originally Posted by dubious elise

I hope its Maya. I just downloaded the free PLE and I am having a way easier time learning Maya than I ever did with Autodesk, considering that nearly my entire sophomore year was spent working with the 3D animation team and that I've only toyed with Maya for about one hour.

Makes you wonder how long each product line will last.

personally, as much as i want to blow up 3dsmax6 sometimes, i love it to death. ive toyed with maya and yes it's easier to use and learn, but if you're going to do a totally awesome animation, i'd go with 3dsmax6. its more popular (which means more public support and addons), its more flexible, and its totally compatible with inventor and cad, as long as you know what you're doing. i think its going to extremely interesting to see what happens with the merge. i wouldnt be surprised if autodesk collected all the copies of maya and burned them at nationals, just to purge the world. but whatever...i guess we'll see what they do