Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Poser 12 Internet Access

Retrowave opened this issue on Dec 23, 2019 ยท 268 posts


Penguinisto posted Sat, 28 December 2019 at 8:34 PM

CHK2033 posted at 6:30PM Sat, 28 December 2019 - #4374852

I seen this argument alot, and this was the only thing said which could be why at the moment Blender was/is not heavily used in Studios:

large corporations whose bottom line depends on getting stuff done quickly,they want to be able to pick up the phone and call someone if their software isn't behaving as they would expect, or if they run into problems. With open source software, there is nobody to call, and nobody invested in making sure you succeed, so using opensource software is seen as more of a risk

Microsoft said the same thing about Linux... until RedHat showed up, and provided exactly that. For a subscription fee (which is only a fraction of what MSFT charges, even at EA bulk rates), you have been able to get professional 24/7/366 short SLA support for their RHEL server product, no sweat, and you have been able to do that since 2001 or so. Oh, and they provided excellent patching, even backporting patches to old versions as needed.

I can't see why some enterprising soul couldn't do the same for Blender if that support becomes a large enough demand.