THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A NICE AND SAD NEWS AT THE SAME TIME. Blender foundation and its community has enough power to go on, but the leaving of Brecht is a tremendous lost.
All the best lucks to you Brecht, your brilliant future has just begun! 2010/8/5 Agustin Benavidez <[email protected]> > This > > 2010/8/5 §ĥřïñïďĥï Ŗäö <[email protected]> > > Wish u all the best Brecht and Thanks for all the goodies you have put into >> blender . :) . >> >> thanks >> shrinidhi >> >> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Brecht Van Lommel <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> >> > Hi all, >> > >> > Here's a few more details on the changes. My contract at the Blender >> > Institute was until the end of this month, and I've been contemplating >> > a bit what I should do in the future. It's been great working here, >> > and I'm very grateful to Ton, he gave me a lot of freedom to work on >> > what I wanted to work on, and I've learned a lot from him in the past >> > years. I feel like after 3 years I need a different challenge, just >> > doing something a bit different, so I started looking around and found >> > a job at Refractive Software, with the advantage that it's closer to >> > where I live. >> > >> > I'll still be involved in Blender development, but again in my spare >> > time as I did before I started working here. There's no non >> > competition agreement or anything like this. I'll still work on >> > getting Durian features merged into trunk, getting 2.5 finished, and >> > other things after that, there's still many areas in Blender I'd like >> > to improve in the future. In terms of internal render engine >> > development however I won't be involved much anymore, focusing more on >> > external render engine integration, but I'll of course try to get >> > render branch features merged and help others understand how it works. >> > >> > Thanks to everyone who's helped out with development/documentation and >> > supported open movie projects. Further, I'll still be on IRC, mailing >> > lists, committing to svn, so no massive change there. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Brecht. >> > >> > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Ton Roosendaal <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > Hi all, >> > > >> > > After three years of more than excellent services at Blender >> > > Institute, Brecht has decided to move on with his career and accept >> > > per september a position as software architect at Refractive Software >> > > in Belgium, which is close to where he lives. He will be working on >> > > the very promising Octane renderer, which caused many heads to turn at >> > > the last Siggraph expo. >> > > >> > > Brecht's position will be filled by Campbell Barton, who will start >> > > working full time on Blender development, coder support, bug fixing >> > > and Python design - working from his home in Melbourne Australia. Well >> > > he did this mostly already, but now will be official and paid! :) >> > > Currently Diego Borghetti is working half time for the Blender >> > > Foundation on bug tracker support. This month I'll also know more of >> > > our financial scope, but quite likely another full timer can be >> > > recruited then for support & fixing. >> > > >> > > It's been a great pleasure and honour to have Brecht work for us in >> > > the past years. He's done tremendously important contributions, for >> > > which I certainly will miss him. Luckily Brecht will remain involved >> > > with Blender, also as a developer in his spare time. >> > > >> > > I wish Brecht all the luck and success with his new job, and welcome >> > > Campbell to the team! >> > > >> > > -Ton- >> > > >> > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > > Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation [email protected] >> www.blender.org >> > > Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The >> Netherlands >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Bf-committers mailing list >> > > [email protected] >> > > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Bf-committers mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Ęvęņ ģóđ fąįļş ŧŏ ųŋđęŗşţąņđ å ĥųmąņ ųņţĭļ ĥĭş đęąţĥ >> >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/shrinidhi666 >> http://www.shrinidhi666.wordpress.com >> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3025616 >> _______________________________________________ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> > > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
