Plus the ICE TDs will become more hireable . . . :) Sent from my iPhone
On 2012-12-20, at 12:18 AM, Adam Sale <[email protected]> wrote: > and if Maya does adopt ICE, well, then we users who are familiar with ICE > stand to gain, as it would make learning maya a little less painful. > > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:03 AM, David Gallagher > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good thoughts. The irritating thing to me is that the Maya/Max world doesn't > understand the workflow strengths of Softimage. If those tools elsewhere turn > out to be better, that's great. But lately it just feels like momentum is the > driving force, not quality of software. > > Dave G > > > On 12/19/2012 12:43 PM, Mathieu Leclaire wrote: >> I'm sorry... but how exactly does it hurt the user? If what you are hearing >> happens to be true... doesn't that just mean good news for Maya? I don't see >> any bad news for Softimage here. Softimage ain't loosing anything. It's Maya >> whose gaining. >> >> Even if Softimage ends up loosing some user base because they are >> moving to Maya or something else and Softimage stops evolving due to >> lack of users... Well, that's the cycle of life. In the end, ain't that the >> beauty of our industry? Things are evolving rapidly. There are always new >> softwares, new technologies to learn and adopt. Old non evolving >> technologies slowly die to make way to new better technologies. I love >> Softimage like all of you and I would be sad if it stopped evolving. But I'm >> a big boy. I'll adopt a new one if it helps our work get better. Sure, there >> would be an adaptation period if that happens, but in the end, softwares are >> just tools. Our jobs aren't in jeopardy. Only your comfort zone is. And that >> is only true IF your wort case scenario actually happens (i.e. new ICE like >> interface in Maya forces Softimage users to switch software and in doing so >> kills Softimage's future). >> >> I think this process is completely natural and healthy. If Softimage is >> to die, it's not going to happen in the blink of an eye. It's going to be a >> slow natural transition towards that state. I hope not. I too hope it will >> keep evolving and keep it's place in the industry... but if it doesn't, then >> I'll be happy to face a new challenge and learn a new software. >> >> -Mathieu >> >> Tim Marinov wrote: >>> >>> If it was publicly it won't be rumor and everyone will know.As I said this >>> is something I 've heard recently and I really hope isn't true.I like >>> Softimage XSI and what is happening with it lately, and these rumors really >>> hurts long XSI users. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Graham Bell <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> publicly >>> >> > >
