It seem that they don't have any Softimage Expert there, they didn't mention about Softimage in their upcoming "Expert Challenge" http://www.maxunderground.com/archives/20656_autodesk_expert_challenge___march_2014.html#comments But anyway there is a form there...
2014-03-03 21:49 GMT+02:00 Stephan Hempel <elh...@gmail.com>: > unfortunately so true... In my opinion as a company you should not > only have a responsibility for your products but also towards your > customers. But as seen in the last couple of years this seams not more > relevant to stock corporations. > > The misfortune with Autodesk is that a whole industry is depended on > their decisions which should give them quite some responsibility. > > Stephan. > > PG> I don't think Autodesk cares at ALL about any of the M&E packages > PG> they own. They've recognized the value of patents and > PG> intellectual property. It's the reason IBM is still around today. > PG> If Autodesk scoops up all the intellectual property, it doesn't > PG> matter if they cancel every M&E product they own as long as they > PG> can sue anyone who uses one of their patents without paying for it. > > PG> Joe Alter ring a bell to anyone? > > PG> Why hasn't there been more innovation in hair? Hmmm... > > > PG> ? > > > > PG> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Stephan Hempel <elh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > PG> Maybe Autodesk should sell the whole M&E division to the community > PG> before they dump any valuable asset into the ground and > PG> therefore decrease the total value of M&E. Given that M&E only > PG> contributes 7% to their profits lets me wonder why they moved into > PG> this business in the first place. > > PG> I think Autodesk would lose quite a few customers to the > PG> competition, especially smaller studios. So it would be utterly > PG> stupid to stop developing Softimage. > > PG> Cheers, > PG> Stephan. > > > > PG> am Montag, 3. März 2014 um 19:09 schriebst Du: > > >> That would be bad news. I hope it's not true but I'm sure many > >> people on this list are not surprised given AD's strategy, or lack of, > with SI. > > >> Honestly though it doesn't make good business sense to develop 3 > >> dcc apps that overlap in many ways, so it shouldn't be unexpected > >> for a company like AD to scrap redundancies and pool resources to one > product at some point. > > > >> On 3/3/2014 11:19 AM, Emilio Hernandez wrote: > >> Yes tomorrow is supposed to be the "official" announcement. > > >> Maybe also they leaked this rumor before to see how would we react, > >> and how much of us will "convert" to that F$2#%&$2!"#&& Maya. > > > > > >> 2014-03-03 11:13 GMT-06:00 Eric Thivierge <ethivie...@hybride.com>: > >> Wait until tomorrow... rumored to be posted then. > > > >> On 3/3/2014 11:56 AM, Doeke Wartena wrote: > >> Does someone have a link where i can read si2015 is the last one? > > >> And if so, that's so tragic. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Mit freundlichen Grüssen > Stephan Hempel > mailto:hempli...@web.de > >
