Specifically, here's what Tom Hudson wrote: http://www.maxunderground.com/archives/19385_autodesk_siggraph_event_news___including_future_of_naiad.html#commentnum321
Some things that jump out to me: "What I’m wondering about is, what the story is on development — it sounds like Autodesk isn’t looking to spend a lot on development efforts..." "How many of you remember the days when we’d roll out a demo reel for 3ds DOS and it would say something like “150 new features!”? That was because we used it, listened to users and added the stuff we and they really wanted! It was freaking PERFECT, and what I wish Autodesk would return to doing..." "I think that what Autodesk needs to understand is that by not adding substantial new features to Max with subsequent releases, a lot of users out there are not paying for subscriptions and not upgrading. I know of a number of shops that still use Max 2010 or 2011 because they didn’t feel that the later releases offered enough to entice them to upgrade. Read: Autodesk didn’t make money from them." On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Paul Griswold < [email protected]> wrote: > If you think Softimage users are alone in their feelings towards Autodesk, > you'd be wrong - looks like Tom Hudson wants to restart the Yost Group and > take over Max from Autodesk: > > > http://www.maxunderground.com/archives/19385_autodesk_siggraph_event_news___including_future_of_naiad.html > > -Paul >
