This thread is simultaneously awesome and horrendous. I need
anti-depressants....
-Tim
On 7/31/2013 3:27 AM, Jordi Bares wrote:
I meant "wherever the decision makers are now.." or course.
Jordi Bares
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On 31 Jul 2013, at 09:24, Jordi Bares <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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
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On 31 Jul 2013, at 07:49, Raffaele Fragapane
<[email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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.
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<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 ;)
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