Last time I heard a definite figure it was 12, later on I heard a not-as-reliable 14. I'd say between 10-15 actual developers sounds like the realistic ballpark (without management etc).
Don't think Maya has hundreds though :) I think currently one of the largest, if not the largest, permanently staffed (so exclude temp contractors and third parties) might actually be C4D's. On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Szabolcs Matefy <[email protected]>wrote: > Exactly how many developers Softimage really has?**** > > ** ** > > I doubt if Mudbox will be implemented in Maya, but who knows what AD is > planning. It is sure the Softimage is not on their hot topic list.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Greg Punchatz > > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 31, 2013 12:23 AM > *To:* Softimage List > *Subject:* Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my > moneyback!**** > > ** ** > > As I find out more and more about what is going on behind the scenes at > at AD in regards to Softimage (plus all the others) the more and more angry > I get. And frankly the more I want my support money back, seriously. > > This has been a huge bait and switch scam.... I feel like I have been > consistently lied to about the future of Soft, there is even a video of a > "product manager of the week" telling me the future of Softimage is *good > * on the Autodesk site. Buyers remorse is one thing, but frankly no one > has been honest with us about where all of this was headed, in fact I would > say that I was deliberately lied to by the PR machine that is AD. The video > of Daniel Tutino talking about the future of softimage is a prime example > of AD misleading us. What's sad if you watch the video, he is acting like > a really bad liar . ( I have the video downloaded just in case I need it > to back up my case against AD.) > > First off I wish I would have NEVER bought a suite... I did not want a > single dollar of mine going to support Maya, but apparently if you jumped > on the suite bandwagon your money went toward a bazzilion Maya developers, > even if you checked "softimage is my main interest" in the AD suite > surveys. I wanted a Softimage branded suite for that very reason. Now > from what I gather soft has less developers than my hand has fingers, and > Maya has over a hundred?? WTF are all those developers working on, really? > 100 devs working under the bad management of AD guys cant even compete with > 15 devs working at an under funded Softimage run by Avid . > > I am also hugely disappointed in Mudbox... The only thing I ended up > using in the whole suite is SOFTIMAGE.. Zbrush and Mari got my personal > dollars because they delivered while AD promised. Now Luc Eric is all but > saying Mudbox is going into Maya on Softimage forums.... Do the powers that > be at AD still think putting everything into one app makes sense?? There is > a reason why niche products do a better job at niche work :) > > I would be happy with if AD made an attempt at a next gen app, I would > give that a shot....but I passed on Maya for a reason. > > I paid my support so Softimage could be developed further....not so AD > could put a nail in its coffin. > > Feeling like I just got robbed... is there something we can do as a group > to get our voices heard? Anyone know any good lawyers that will work for > next years support money ;)**** > > -- **** > ------------------------------ > > *Greg Punchatz***** > > *Sr. Creative Director* > Janimation > 214.823.7760 > www.janimation.com **** > -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
