I could safely say that since the acquisition it has been a downhill experience and I can only think on blaming AD management, whoever the decision makers are now let's make sure we keep an eye on them as it is very likely they will f*ck everything else they touch.
Strategic thinking only, nothing personal. Jordi Bares [email protected] On 31 Jul 2013, at 07:49, Raffaele Fragapane <[email protected]> wrote: > 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!
