Oh Im still behind Softimage all right, its just it being under Autodesk is leaving such a bitter taste that im kind of forced/willing to try alternatives. whatever happens its still good for a good few years as it is :) Phil may be seeing a pattern here that others who were not familiar beforehand with AD tactics of sucking all original staff into other areas or making them leave. And I agree this is my biggest fear with Softimage, the stagnation that is made evident with combustion / composite / toxic / bundled free in a suite whatever, insisting its not EOL, but really it is. that didnt exist 4 years ago,but seeing this together with the news of the recent layoffs on top of all the original Softimage staff that used to be on here but no longer, well theres plenty of evidence to show that whilst there may not be any 'evil master plan' AD, from my perspective, is still f*cking up Softimage.
self fullfilling prophecy? more like rage against the machine, pissing into the wind, whichever way you see it :) @Dave, you are of course right, it definitely should not be personal and should be more cooperative. Maurice, Everyone, I am angry but sincerely apologise, this or any discussion here really should not be personal and no doubt Maurice is good at his job fulfilments in the other areas of AD empire, but this particular discussion IS about something that means a lot to me. deep breath count to ten kind of thing. Maurice, next time you have another bright idea concerning Softimage, perhaps you want to run it by this list first? :) @Matt now that would be superb indeed, would learn to code if that happened or eat my hat for sure ;) but if it did happen after a few years it would be infinitely more trouble for Maya than a small stone in the shoe. Best Rob On 12 September 2012 22:11, Marc Brinkley <[email protected]>wrote: > Sorry Phil, again, I am not blaming the users that was not the intent. I > really don’t know what the demise of combustion was like. And I don’t think > SI is anywhere near the same boat as Combustion. **** > > ** ** > > But when I read this thread its really depressing, scary, sad and all > that. And it got me thinking that man, if even us, the most die-hard of a > community, if we can’t really behind our software of choice then how can we > expect them to do it either. **** > > ** ** > > Not blaming anyone here, I too agree that the way some of this is being > handled does indeed suck. ASDK plays their part in that but if we start to > suck too then that probably doesn’t help…that’s all I was thinking.**** > > ** ** > > Sorry for that.**** > > ** ** > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > **** > > *Marc Brinkley* > > GO GO GO**** > > Microsoft Studios**** > > I got my Mojo working**** > > marc.brinkley [at] microsoft.com**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *phil harbath > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 12, 2012 1:42 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: In case you missed it..**** > > ** ** > > when Combustion was put on that dying path, the users were blamed for its > demise, at the time (and still do) I found that extremely insulting (the > last release was pathetic).**** > > ----- Original Message ----- **** > > *From:* Marc Brinkley <[email protected]> **** > > *To:* [email protected] **** > > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 12, 2012 4:36 PM**** > > *Subject:* RE: In case you missed it..**** > > ** ** > > So um, i just thinking that if I were ADSK and was listening to this > conversation > > My existing customers of the software believe the software is EOL > > My existing customers of the software are telling other customers not to > bother instead of evangelizing the software. > > My customers decide not to believe me when i say we are continuing to > develop the software even when several members of team directly say it. > > If I were in their shoes, what do you suppose I would be thinking. Seems > like a self-fulfilling prophecy to me. > > Not directed to anyone specifically. But if we dont believe they why > should they. > > All things will end eventually, sure, and I am tried of fighting an up > hill battle, sure. But until I get a letter specifically stating EOL and > here are my side grade (or ahem, down grade) options to other software, I > will keep on using it. > > :D > > Sent from my car while driving**** > > **** > >
