It was pointed out to me recently by a reliable source in Autodesk that Softimage in Japan accounts for more money than all the other M&E products in South East Asia (including Australia) put together. I can't see them walking away from that in any hurry...
It is obvious to me though that they really are trying to push everyone to Maya, the biggest problem I see it the track record they have. They have never actually created a successful M&E product from scratch under the Autodesk banner, Toxic was the only major product they released and we all know how that ended... Interesting times, I bet Side FX are rubbing their hands together and they certainly seem to be discounting and promoting harder than they ever have before. Time will tell I guess, but I must admit to looking at companies like them and the Foundry as the true innovators at this time. I hope there is a grander scheme at play within Autodesk but pushing everyone down the Maya path is just not a good idea in my opinion, I know because I used it exclusively for almost 10 years. Cheers, Nick From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stefan Andersson Sent: Monday, 3 September 2012 9:32 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Friday Flashback I don't know... it somehow feels that we are watching the death of Softimage. Even though a lot of the managers are telling us otherwise, I don't think they know themselfs. It's the big "overlord" that doesn't speak to the common people that makes these decisions. As far as Luc-Eric (even though he's now a Maya-Dev) and everyone else that has tried to convince us that "don't worry, we are still around". I think that Friday showed us all that we can't really trust what's going on. I mean... even Chinny is gone. Halfdan left a while ago, and the list goes on. Eventually Softimage will go away, just as Softimage|3D, Alias|PowerAnimator, 3dstudio, etc. So it's always good to keep our options open. There's no doubt in my mind that Stephen and Guillaume will not be unemployed for a long time. I think they have a greater more shiny future now :) It's more annoing to us that people we used to know are now gone. And the people behind the Software is gone... well... replaced by people we don't know. Here is my take on the hole matter: Softimage will stay intact as long as it generates more money that it costs to keep in development. Since Autodesk aren't releasing any numbers, we can only assume that it generates money at the moment. 3dsmax and Maya is a different story though. 3dsmax is tied with 3ds design, which is popular in the CAD market Maya is tied, to some extent, to Alias Studio, which is popular in the CAD market Softimage is tied to.... you get my point. over and out. Stefan Andersson On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 12:43 PM, olivier jeannel <olivier.jean...@noos.fr<mailto:olivier.jean...@noos.fr>> wrote: ...If I knew what bridge. I had an awfull friday, that monday is not even better. Anyone has some good news ? A joke ? A riddle ? Le 03/09/2012 12:07, Adam Seeley a écrit : Although I hope and pray for the return of what was once a competitive market, I can't imagine AD selling a piece of software that might become competitive to it's own products again. It'd tie up it's adopted child in a sack and throw it off a bridge first I imagine. A. ________________________________ From: olivier jeannel <olivier.jean...@noos.fr><mailto:olivier.jean...@noos.fr> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Sent: Friday, 31 August 2012, 14:43 Subject: Re: Friday Flashback Agree, AD should sell back Softimage to some serious developper company. After all, SI is just a pluggin on their website. Olivier Le 31/08/2012 15:32, Eugen Sares a écrit : > Am 31.08.2012 15<tel:31.08.2012%2015>:26, schrieb Graham Bell: >> A very good point Ed, as myself and others have been doing the same thing. >> Not wanting to make light of Stephens news, and whilst many are >> understandably hung up on the negative impact to Softimage, there have also >> been some other M&E names that have also fallen victim to the 7%. >> And that is all I'm willing to say for now, because if I said any more I >> could probably get into serious trouble. > All this big company BS... I'm happy again to be a freelancer. > Can you ask your bosses if Softimage is for sale? Let's find some russian > oligarch willing to invest in 3d-software instead of a soccer club. SI would > be in better hands, I reckon. > >> >> G >> >> From: >> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com> >> >> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] >> On Behalf Of Ed Harriss >> Sent: 31 August 2012 14:14 >> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >> Subject: RE: Friday Flashback >> >> I don't understand how this could have happened. How did they pick the 7%? >> Did they blindfold themselves and throw darts at a an employee chart? No >> disrespect to the good people that weren't part of the 7%, but from a user's >> viewpoint it seems like they let go some people who were more valuable than >> they could possibly imagine. I am very sorry to hear about this. >> >> Ed >> >> >> From: >> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com> >> >> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] >> On Behalf Of Paul Griswold >> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 9:09 AM >> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >> Subject: Re: Friday Flashback >> >> I'm on boards with several others. This might be the tipping point for me. >> Stephen & Manny were, without a doubt, the main reason I continued to pay my >> subscription each year. >> >> I've been evaluating options over the past couple of years, and while I >> don't think there's anything nearly as good as Softimage, it's burdened by a >> corporation that doesn't know it's @sshole from it's elbow. >> >> Stephen, please (if you feel like it) post other contact info to the list so >> folks can stay in touch. >> >> You have always been an extremely kind, thoughtful, patient and helpful >> person (especially when dealing with someone like me). I can't express >> enough how angry and saddened I am at this news. >> >> I'm sure you realize it already, but there's an entire community here that's >> ready and willing to help out in any way we can. >> >> I wish you all the best in your future. >> >> Paul >> > > > -- stefan andersson - digital janitor - http://sanders3d.wordpress.com
