OT-open source 2005-05-05 - By Vince Marco
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I don't consider this off-topic at all, as it is very much related to
Carrara and the 3D market. If you consider the pattern of other open
source products such as JBoss (application server) and Eclipse (Java
IDE). In both these cases the open products do garner a significant
market, but do not replace existing products. This is for a very
real reason. If users are going to invest their time and learning in
a product, support and an improving product are well worth some
expense. I do think that the open products will continue to bring
down the price of the expensive products.
Personally I'd like to see a pricing model which better reflects a
lower point of entry with various levels of paid support. This would
encourage product adoption while giving users different levels and
types of support. I believe open source will help move the market
towards this type of model. The interesting situation that Blender
opens the door for, is an inexpensive commercial front-end to the
blender engine. By not needing to invest in the engine, a small
company could produce an approachable interface resulting in another
low-cost, high value 3D product such as Carrara. One thing is for
sure, it keeps Eovia motivated to enhancing Carrara which is why I
use it. Well, that and it does most of what I need pretty well, and
some of what I need very well.
Vince
On May 5, 2005, at 8:03 AM, nicholas8681 wrote:
> Wish we had a general forum for discussions like this. Guess we will
> have to wait until Ringo's new forum, or the Eovia forum.
>
> I'm curious what people think of the current expanding selection of
> open source software out there. It seems much larger and much more
> advanced then it used to be. For instance look at Blender. Interface
> aside Blender has subsurface scattering simulation, python scripting,
> soft body dynamics, etc etc. Many things that Carrara does not have,
> and features that cost a fortune to have in other programs. What
> effect is this having on the market? We've all noticed the big guns
> dropping in price, while I doubt this is a result of applications like
> Blender, I'm curious if companies are eyeballing Wings, Blender, Gimp,
> and getting nervous at all. Blender was even used for Animatics for
> the spiderman movies, and Sony Entertainment is looking for a
> conversion from its proprietary format to Blender.
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