there was a prolonged period of
troubles with the Google Groups.
It could use the archive of the Google Mailing List though, as it doesn’t go
that far back...
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From: Francisco Criado
Sent
Naming it shouldn’t pose too much of a problem: simply recall it the
XSI-mailing list as opposed to Autodeskian Softimage one
Leendert
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I wouldn’t say its overly negative. “3d will never be the same” is sad but it’s
a fact IMHO...
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www.3dwillneverbethesame.com
Leendert
From: Oliver Weingarten
Sent: Wednesday, March 05
When paraphrasing that fine piece of poetry, you shouldn’t forget to append the
ominous “(click)” of the original...
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From: Mirko Jankovic
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 6:52 PM
If all evangelists had been that funny, there would've been way more
religion in this world... :D
Mark will be missed (especially also by Autodesk, to be honest. They
won't find anyone like him ever again!)
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Hi mr. Patel,
I assume, hopefully correctly, the positive changes you outline here
will find their way in writing to the official website soon as well.
Could you please confirm this and give an estimate when such papers
will be available? Thanks in advance!
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versions cease to be available after three years even under this
program. While I assume/hope the condition you've laid out in your OP to
be correct, but if so the FAQ could use some clarification in this respect.
Greetz
Leendert
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But moving the items from the Mailing List to a Google doc won't do much
good, unless you are able to set some clear ground rules as to its
usage and the intended content (what should and what should not be
included)...
Greetz
Leendert
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it
although you would only access 2011, 2012, 2013 from the Subs center.
Maurice
Maurice Patel
Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134
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!
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Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation.
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, but there is
no reason to not be professional and respectful at the same time.
That's how the list was when I joined and it's how I hope it would
continue.
Eric Thivierge
http://www.ethivierge.com
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Brilliant letter, only your age surprised me a bit... ;)
Alastair Hearsum schreef op 10-3-2014 11:20:
*nearly 150 years old now*
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Eugen Sares schreef op 10-3-2014 12:30:
The irony is - Softimage's death is the best publicity it ever got
from Autodesk...
QFA
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Instating the UI team seemed a bit like a PR move (and not much more
than that). It remains to be seen, if they're truly ready, willing and
able to tackle the bigger UI problems Blender faces. Personally I doubt
this.
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One would certainly think so, but Ton Roosendaals initial response to
the UI criticism sounded a bit like very rigid thinking. You can find
it here: http://code.blender.org/index.php/2013/10/redefining-blender/
Greetz
Leendert
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Indeed, it's pretty powerful. I was merely commenting on the UI situation...
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Tim Borgmann schreef op 11-3-2014 17:21:
unfortunately my english is not good enough to express my feelings and
thoughts about all this
You could've easily left out the remark about your English. Nothing
wrong with that. It's a very impressive statement!
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in advance for your reply...
Greetz
Leendert
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. So please contribute (details can be found here:
http://www.si-community.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=4t=4929 ).
Greetz
Leendert
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Hi Paul,
You might want to throw this idea at the si-community as well, unless
you want it to be a Mailing List exclusive. ;)
Greetz
Leendert
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no real clue what's going on
here
so a quick reminder might help...
Greetz
Leendert
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Jordi Bares schreef op 12-3-2014 12:59:
Just look at their Forum and you will see a SI Users sub-forum to discuss
things.
Them having set up a sub-forum for SI-users needn't mean that they're
listening, though... :p
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i don't doubt that they do listen, my remark was about instating the
sub-forum signifying nothing as such.
Look at the Area, the official Softimage forum has had hardly anyone
from AD listening ever...
Greetz
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of Softimage is bright... click
The future of Softimage is bright... click
The future of Softimage is bright... click
The future of Softimage is bright... click
Sorry, couldn't resist...
Greetz
Leendert
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Sounds like a good idea. Let's go with it!!!
Too much discussion about the story at this point will only undo the
whole project IMHO.
Greetz
Leendert
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Hi Paul,
In your possibly last act of coordinating this, I'd - if I were you -
lock down your story idea as the way forward, in that a discussion how
the story will ultimately play out stays on the table, but new story
ideas needn't be discussed anymore...
Greetz
Leendert
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Understood, but these kind of projects need decision makers and final
decisions to even remotely get forward.
That's why I mentioned it.
Greetz
Leendert
p...@bustykelp.com schreef op 13-3-2014 12:35:
I don't want to be a dictator
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the machine terms, not a
very specific gripe between users and a software supplier.
I fully agree and I think Greg would work well in this role as a
protagonist
as he's gone viral before (and knows what he's doing... ;))
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One more thing to consider, even before you start contemplating impact,
is that you need something
you can actually finish before the inevitable in-fighting kills all
initiative...
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I hope you're right. I'm just pointing this out because I've seen it
happen before...
Greetz
Leendert
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I don't know about any mailing list,
but on the forum side of things Luc-Eric Rousseau directed me to CGTalk...
Greetz
Leendert
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Hi,
Not to derail this conversation, but as an Admin @ the si-community the
statement too much effort to read interests me. Could you perhaps
elaborate a bit on that?
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be to one of the sections
lower down. Back in the day of XSI Base, it was a bit of both, as the
most recent X posts were listed on the front page.
That's my take on it.
True, but easily fixed, obviously: bookmark the active topics page...
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True, although forums do have their own benefits, obviously.
I won't delve deeper into this now, I might start a new thread at a
later date
as the difference between forums and mailing list
and the way they are perceived still is a fascinating subject IMHO.
Greetz
Leendert
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it?
For this to work you still have to register. But once that's out of the way,
you never even have to visit the again site except to reply to posts.
Ed
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PS - And to hurt my case even more :D, you'd probably only receive ONE
notification until you log on again...
Never tested this myself, I've got the Active Topics bookmarked.
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Well, the true nature of an open letter is that it needs to be
published, not sent!
Greetz
Leendert
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What's the exact address of your Facebook page?
That would seem a good place to link to...
Greetz
Leendert
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Let the retweeting commence...
https://twitter.com/HiraziB/status/444888249572786176
@Angus - please do, I post too much as it is!
Greetz
Leendert
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I probably must have missed something, if so I am truly sorry,
but I haven't heard anything from our PM, mr. Cory Mogk as of yet
and I find that a bit strange, quite frankly.
Anyone here knows what's going on there?
Greetz
Leendert
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Oh, I'm not saying we need him. I'm just saying that it is strange given
his position as PM.
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That would actually explain a lot. Thanks!
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Only fitting that it crashed... ;)
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and publish it as a pdf.
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As a hobbyist I can only say: indeed!
Chris Marshall schreef op 17-3-2014 19:04:
Everyone who uses Softimage has a 'Significant ongoing investment' in
it!!!
Aaarrrgggh
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But really? Do you actually expect an answer?
And if you were to get one, would you expect to be anything else than a
virtual get well soon card?
Greetz
Leendert
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True. My reply perhaps sounded a bit too snarky.
I think your mission is already accomplished!
Nothing coming from mr. Bass short of a miracle can top that, I'm afraid.
Greetz
Leendert
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The one constant in both videos is notable also, of course...
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An unofficial EOL showreel might be an idea also, if you can get
enough studios to participate...
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I was thinking the other day how runonce.bat could make a nice insider
t-shirt slogan...
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The inclusion of Jimmy Saville seems to be rather inappropriate IMHO...
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of the strengths and weaknesses of 3ds Max versus Maya
might be good place to start
for those of us as of yet undecided which one to chose.
Greetz
Leendert
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Well, that's slightly less response than I had hoped for obviously,
but in itself it's an answer too, I guess
Greetz
Leendert
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, I
could push the info on the si-community.
Greetz
Leendert
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lift
some moods a little.
Greetz
Leendert
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. While understandable on a rational level, it feels
wrong...
Greetz
Leendert
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this kind of
criticism...
Greetz
Leendert
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You're right, everybody's a bit on edge. ;)
Sorry for the misunderstanding!
Greetz
Leendert
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Crystal clear! I await your further actions...
Greetz
Leendert
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Leendert
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Well. Right after an acquisition people tend to spin things rather
positively...
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line.
(http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?linkID=14271589id=12103372siteID=123112)
Oh, how it grew... Which isn't meant as another dig at Autodesk BTW,
just meant to prove a point.
Greetz
Leendert
AKA Hirazi Blue
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Paul Doyle schreef op 26-3-2014 13:08:
Can we not make this thread about the Soft EOL? Just one thread would
be nice.
Again: only meant as an example (we can all relate to) :D
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I was thinking along the lines of training that addresses the specific
problems for users coming from Softimage.
I am aware of the wealth of training for Maya in general.
Greetz
Leendert
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All current sentiments aside, don't you think a company like Autodesk
would have been able to put it to better use than Facebook, their core
business considered?
Greetz
Leendert
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Price/investment-wise you should obviously take the much higher
subscription fee into account.
Something they apparently do make worth your while, i.e. support is good
apparently, but still..
Greetz
Leendert
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Oh, I agree for the most part. I was talking merely as an accountant
(which I am not)
The difference between AD's approach to support/subscription and
SideFX's is quite telling
(but so - in the end - is the price difference)
Greetz
Leendert
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Very OT: but in its large portfolio, does Autodesk do any hardware?
Greetz
Leendert
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,
desperately wanting to love it just that little bit more...
Greetz
Leendert
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get there sooner rather than later and I applaud them
for what they're doing.
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http://si-community.com
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As of March 28, 2014, customers will no longer be able to purchase new
standalone licenses.
In a commercial sense the product would seem to be absolutely dead now.
A moment of silence would seem to be appropriate...
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...
Greetz
Leendert
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Yet in my timezone it is... ;)
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Interesting.
Commemorating a momentous occasion in Softimage's lifetime does not
belong on the list.
Ah well, sorry for caring about the product then...
Greetz
Leendert
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Nobody claims otherwise...
Paul schreef op 28-3-2014 20:43:
It's still does if you're fortunate enough to use it.
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isn't enough, there needs to be a plan behind it.
And even then...
Greetz
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Tenshi S. schreef op 29-3-2014 12:24:
Indeed, we need noise, in every cg online magazine.
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Convincing statement!
Greetz
Leendert
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of questioning BTW),
but Shave and a Haircut PhysX (the non-ICE variant obviously) were
part of the non-commercial offering that was the Mod Tool 7.5.
How was this made possible?
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Leendert
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Correction to my earlier post:
the ICE Variant of PhysX was included in the Mod Tool 7.5 as well...
Silly oversight.
Greetz
Leendert
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agree that it's an overused criticism, but that sadly doesn't
make it less true...
Greetz
Leendert
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is thinking the
other to be some sort of nut-job.
And such confusion should be avoided, I guess...
Greetz
Leendert
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I am not defending or even attacking anyone here.
I posted my doubts over the use of the term conspiracy theory for what
it implies...
I do strongly feel it doesn't help any discussion to imply the other is
a nut-job...
Greetz
Leendert
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Ah well, case closed then...
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for their input.
* Use autocorrect to check spelling :)
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An additional question that came up on the si-community:
where should those users turn to who currently do not have a reseller,
due to lapsed subscription, but who still want to get back on board?
Greetz
Leendert
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Thanks
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a few problems...
As Alen Fregtman correctly states: the Wayback Machine is your friend.
And the main content that's worth saving will already have been gathered
by their snapshots by now...
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Too bad, though, that they/you never got around to make a corresponding
Softimage interaction mode for Maya.
The current PPG (for lack of a Mayan term) still seems a bit strange,
only offering one option.
Greetz
Leendert
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Brent McPherson schreef op 11-4-2014 17:18:
You almost never see market leaders making these types of moves as the
potential returns will be much smaller.
But once they started sharing suites together, the story changed ever so
slightly, one would image... ;)
Greetz
Leendert
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It indeed didn't make any sense for Autodesk to take Softimage users
serious enough to accommodate them, make them feel at home a little...
Insert smiley here...
Greetz
Leendert
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,
and owei corrected something recently, but apparently not everything...
Shucks.
Greetz
Leendert
PS So why do I write this in English? :D
PS2: Please report back...
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The English remark in my PS was made before I figured out Eugen's post
came through the Mailing List BTW.
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...
My si-community.com address starts the same as this live.nl one...
Greetz
Leendert
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be a good time to look into it more thoroughly.
And linkedin is nice to backup the group, but it's no Mailing List AFAIK.
Greetz
Leendert
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it will eventually…
But enough of this. Point taken… ;)
Greetz
Leendert
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So what does that extremely rare breed of people do who aren't on LinkedIn?
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Leendert
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Ha ha...
Greetz
Leendert
PS - I can't for undisclosed reasons...
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