> > I think what Maurice was saying was that, we wanted to know what Max & > Maya people thought or perceived the value was of having Mobu, Mudbox and > Softimage in their studio/pipeline, in the context of buying and using > Suites. The company (to the best of my knowledge) is an independent > research company, which means the data is fair and unbiased. >
What does the perception give you? Are you hoping they buy products on what they perceive to be good at something or something the know definitively will help them. Its like the littlest effort to get them interested instead of barraging them with all of the cool features. Honestly, take a Mark Schoennagel approach to marketing. Why wouldn't a studio want to know about all of the killer advantages of having both apps than just 1? They don't know what they are looking at when looking around themselves. > ... it’s about the perception and showing its worth. They need to see the > value, and from the data/survey Maurice mentions (whether you like it or > not) seems to suggest that those Maya/Max users thought particles was > benefit of having Softimage. > Again unless we saw how this whole survey thing was orchestrated, I'm assuming that they plopped a few Max users in front of Softimage and said, "Hey, click a few buttons and see what you can do." Was there any consultation with anyone from the Softimage product specialists, evangelists, devs, or users? Were they shown videos / demos of the whole product or just some of the other stock stuff that comes with the install? > Stepping back for a moment, suppose we spin this around, as someone > mentioned about the Softimage Suite. Suppose we commissioned the same > survey but instead canvassed Softimage users on the benefit of having Mobu, > Mudbox, but more importantly Maya and/or Max in their studio/pipeline. What > would the perceived value be, I wonder? > I don't know could you send some people over who have used both in production to give me and educated demo / overview of the areas each are weak and where the other may excel to help fill the gaps in my pipeline? Graham I hope you know I'm not trying to pick on you or pick your statements apart. I'm just trying to illustrate the arguments one may have of this whole thing... - Eric T.
