Autodesk forces a decision on 3DS Max vs. 3DS Max Design

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http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=2&t=726819

The Future of Lightwave 3D

A few months ago, monolithic software giant Autodesk finalized the purchase of Softimage XSI and pretty much all of its assets. This is big news in the CGI world because Autodesk now owns three of the Big Four animation packages – Maya, Max, and XSI. Only Lightwave 3D stands alone as an independently-developed, all-around effects and animation solution.

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