RE: Friday Flashback #305
Yes I remember. But it wasn't correct procedure in terms of software development. Not today, not at that time. -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Matt Lind Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2017 2:47 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #305 That was largely a marketing decision. You have to remember the circumstances of the time: Due to being late to market with Sumatra and trailing Maya by 2 years, Softimage had to make some sales concessions to stop the bleeding of customers leaving. Therefore, anybody who stayed on maintenance for Softimage|3D v3.8x and v3.9x would be guaranteed a copy of XSI when it shipped - even if it shipped after the maintenance contract completed. New customers who purchased XSI 1.x automatically received a copy of Softimage|3D as well. By the time Softimage|3D v3.9.3 was ready to ship, XSI was no longer including copies of Softimage|3D, and only a handful of customers (game developers) still used Softimage|3D for serious work. There had already been many service packs in the form of v3.9.1, v3.9.1.1, v3.9.2, v3.9.2.2, etc... Releasing a v3.9.3 would be interpreted as another bug-fix service pack and not generate any sales interest. So they upped it to 4.0. Matt Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 17:24:50 +0200 From: "Sven Constable" <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de> Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #305 To: "'Official Softimage Users Mailing List. So version 3.9.3 was officially released as version 4.0. Not entirely correct procedure, I would say ;) -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
RE: Friday Flashback #305
That was largely a marketing decision. You have to remember the circumstances of the time: Due to being late to market with Sumatra and trailing Maya by 2 years, Softimage had to make some sales concessions to stop the bleeding of customers leaving. Therefore, anybody who stayed on maintenance for Softimage|3D v3.8x and v3.9x would be guaranteed a copy of XSI when it shipped - even if it shipped after the maintenance contract completed. New customers who purchased XSI 1.x automatically received a copy of Softimage|3D as well. By the time Softimage|3D v3.9.3 was ready to ship, XSI was no longer including copies of Softimage|3D, and only a handful of customers (game developers) still used Softimage|3D for serious work. There had already been many service packs in the form of v3.9.1, v3.9.1.1, v3.9.2, v3.9.2.2, etc... Releasing a v3.9.3 would be interpreted as another bug-fix service pack and not generate any sales interest. So they upped it to 4.0. Matt Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 17:24:50 +0200 From: "Sven Constable" <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de> Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #305 To: "'Official Softimage Users Mailing List. So version 3.9.3 was officially released as version 4.0. Not entirely correct procedure, I would say ;) -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
RE: Friday Flashback #305
So version 3.9.3 was officially released as version 4.0. Not entirely correct procedure, I would say ;) From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair Sent: Friday, June 16, 2017 9:01 PM To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list Subject: Friday Flashback #305 http://wp.me/powV4-3qN Screenshots from What's New in Softimage|3D v3.9.3 (Code Name) circa June 2001 -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
