Rob, I'll quote myself and you'll see the connection "" I remember when Discreet Logic was bought. Funny thing happened... the Logic went away. """
And that affected all departments I guess :) -stefan On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Rob Chapman <[email protected]> wrote: > wait, Maurice, > > you hired a company that used Max & Maya animators to evaluate Softimage for > its benefits to them? then based your entire strategy on this? what about > benefits to the existing Softimage user basel! this is the problem we have > you fool don't you see it?! > > pardon the french, calling the head of AD marketing for M & E a fool is > considerably politer than the choice of words I would like to use. > > even more incensed now. > > > > > > > On 12 September 2012 09:41, Stefan Andersson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My first 3D application was 3d studio r4, couldn't get anywhere. Then >> I learned Amapi and Electric Image and came a bit further :) >> >> However.... Maya isn't that bad. Gotten used to it over the years and >> I'm quite bilingual these days. >> >> People who started with Prism deserve a price though. >> >> regards >> stefan andersson >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Andreas Bystrom >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > "My regret is only that I >> > don't jump onto the Maya wagon back then, but stayed in Softimage|3D. >> > I should have switched and learned MEL." >> > >> > Not I, having to learn something as filthy as maya as my first app most >> > likely would have caused me to give up and try something else.. >> > >> > in fact I started out in both max and maya but never got anywhere til I >> > tried softimage... >> > >> > long live the good old days! >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 8:19 PM, Stefan Andersson <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 1:07 AM, Maurice Patel >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > this thread http://yfrog.com/h0t6exxtj: >> >> > Although I can't say I am particularly fond of that diagram myself >> >> > (it's >> >> > rather ugly), it actually came out of a study commissioned from a >> >> > third >> >> >> >> Funny how everyone from Autodesk tells us they "dont agree" or "think >> >> it's ugly". But still they decide to use it. >> >> >> >> I remember when Discreet Logic was bought. Funny thing happened... the >> >> Logic went away. >> >> >> >> But Autodesk is not the only one to blame. It's the people who ran the >> >> Softimage company back in the late 90's. The battle was actually lost >> >> the year 2000 with the release of Softimage|XSI. Maya had gained so >> >> much popularity, and when Sumatra was finally released we were given a >> >> software that could only do Nurbs and only render with Mental Ray. It >> >> was totally useless and closed. Maya was the total opposite, useful >> >> and open. >> >> >> >> What we are seeing now is actually something that happened 12 years >> >> ago. The battle was lost already back then. My regret is only that I >> >> don't jump onto the Maya wagon back then, but stayed in Softimage|3D. >> >> I should have switched and learned MEL. >> >> >> >> Anyhow. >> >> >> >> As you were... >> >> >> >> /stefan >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> stefan andersson - digital janitor - http://sanders3d.wordpress.com >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Andreas Byström >> > Lighting TD - Weta Digital >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> stefan andersson - digital janitor - http://sanders3d.wordpress.com >> > -- stefan andersson - digital janitor - http://sanders3d.wordpress.com
