I have to agree here with Angus, the event would be more interesting for attendees of it showed an open mind of what the future could look like.
Approaching Fabric, Maxon and SideFX could be an interesting way of putting some energy on the event. I had a great time last year by the way, Oliver does a magnificent job at putting this event together ;) On 3 June 2014 17:25, Angus Davidson <angus.david...@wits.ac.za> wrote: > While I can understand Eric’s point of view the harsh fact is this. Just > like in the EDU sphere when it comes to funders Softimage is EOL and by > that virtue not worth putting money into. There is a much better chance of > getting funding by having a more general event. > > The question is wether this is acceptable of course ;) > > From: Stephan Haitz <sha...@3d-agenten.de> > Reply-To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" < > softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> > Date: Tuesday 03 June 2014 at 4:16 PM > To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> > Subject: Re: SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage 2014...any interest?? > > Ok you are right. Thought more of a "look here, what do you think about > that thing" sort of discussion. But religious "but my is the best things" > are surely not what we want (apart from SI, of course :-) ) . Thought about > keeping the uebertage alive in a future with less and less SI-Userbase... > > And Eric you know: I will use Softimage furthermore, cause at the moment, > I can´t see anything better or even equivalent. When I do have to learn a > new software it has to be really an improvement to Softimage (from the > small studio / allrounders view). > > Ahem, I really would prefer to have a pure Softimage user meeting and > not some melting pot of X different 3D apps/users and all the > *my-software-is-the-best-because-blabla* discussions. > > Why is everybody talking about transitioning? Is anybody seriously afraid > that Softimage will be out-of-date by the end of the month or what? > > Honestly, if there are going to be Cinema 4D, Houdini, Max/Maya, Blender, > etc. presentations ... wtf? Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against the > apps nor their users, it's just that it's seems wrong to me to have them at > possibly one of the last XSI events. > > Cheers, > Eric > > > This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. > If you have received this communication in error, please notify us > immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate > this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised > signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the > University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message > may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal > views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and > opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements > between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless > the University agrees in writing to the contrary. > >
