Originally posted by Silencer But as mtmckinley said, it will never disappaer, but i know already one company who would get their hands on maya, and that's apple, who recently bought shake or another big compositing app. sgi financial report Well, I mean Apple can try but you do have to remember that A|W is a division of SG. If Apple does present such a terrible threat to SGI (I would think more of a threat all the incredibly cheap Windows workstations out there), they wouldn´t go crazy and sell A|W to Apple don´t you think? doing that would signify SG demise right? I mean, you wouldn´t actually sell your car knowing that the guy who you´re selling it too, will run over you as soon as he get´s the keys right? Hmm ... while writing this reply I found this link I don´t know what to make out of this. Now. <adldesigner goes into shortcircuit now> I´m staying out of this thread for now, since I feel I might be trying to pursue a point of view which could be wrong. So, I´m going to investigate this a little further, I´ll tell you guys if I get a good grasp of whatever might be happening. See you around people!