Ancient lurker's response to the current developments

2014-03-19 Thread si
Hi All, Hi, I'm Stefan. Some of you may recognize my name, some of you might not. I think I might be an ancient lurker on the list here because I can't recall when last I posted anything to the list. I suspect it might have been sometime in the early 90's. I could look it up but I'd have to find

Re: Ancient lurker's response to the current developments

2014-03-19 Thread Cristobal Infante
Interesting read, and welcome to the list Stefan! On 19 March 2014 09:04, s...@animagic.net wrote: Hi All, Hi, I'm Stefan. Some of you may recognize my name, some of you might not. I think I might be an ancient lurker on the list here because I can't recall when last I posted anything to

Re: Ancient lurker's response to the current developments

2014-03-19 Thread Octavian Ureche
That was actually quite refreshing. Thanks for putting those thoughts down Stefan. Nothing new under the sun, but definitely made a very good read. On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Cristobal Infante cgc...@gmail.comwrote: Interesting read, and welcome to the list Stefan! On 19 March 2014

Re: Ancient lurker's response to the current developments

2014-03-19 Thread Jason S
Hi Stefan, If I can criticize your criticism, It does bring-up a number of not so great things about some clearly unfair behavior. Yet the piece proposes a very "unconstructive" form of criticism (just by the title itself, and the general tone),  While becoming angry -can- be a good

Re: Ancient lurker's response to the current developments

2014-03-19 Thread Luc-Eric Rousseau
So this guys says what maurice posted here about the acquisition is all bold face lies. It's true that in corporations, usually there is a this cycle of buy/layoff, I've seen it. But that is not at all what's been going on in Montreal with Softimage. and we sure as heck shouldn't be looking to

Re: Ancient lurker's response to the current developments

2014-03-19 Thread John Richard Sanchez
Well said Stefan and it needed to be said. On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Luc-Eric Rousseau luceri...@gmail.comwrote: So this guys says what maurice posted here about the acquisition is all bold face lies. It's true that in corporations, usually there is a this cycle of buy/layoff, I've