The point is that IF Softimage was abandoned, still has legs to last another 3-5 years in production while we users retrain to something other than Maya.
The irony is (provided they kill it) I won't be putting my money into Autodesk if I can avoid it. My only fear is The Foundry being sold to Autodesk but I am confident anti monopoly laws would stop such a deal. Jb Sent from my iPhone > On 1 Mar 2014, at 07:00, Angus Davidson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Probably AD are smiling that we are doing as expected. Either way however its > has been managed incredibly poorly. Its particularly telling that there has > not been any word from AD to wait and see. The only activity on the subject > from AD has been a Maya person (Brent ) very kindly offering to help folks > migrate to Maya. Not particularly reassuring. > > Yes this happens every year, however if you look at the Max community when > folks started out bemoaning their lack of development and there was a build > up of momentum, the AD management sent a very clear signal for them not to > worry. Where as on the Softimage side we have had sweet blow all. For people > paying the same money the imbalance is very large. > > That is why people are very upset. > > > From: Graham D Clark [[email protected]] > Sent: 01 March 2014 08:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: new upgrade policy > > Self fulfilling prophecy. > > Graham D Clark, Head of Stereography, Deluxe 3D dba Stereo D > phone: why-I-stereo > http://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamclark > > On Feb 27, 2014, at 9:11 AM, Mirko Jankovic <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Kris, >> Dead for certain? Not yet, it is still rumor and hope to stay that way only. > > This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If > you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately > and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this > communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised > signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the > University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message > may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal > views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and > opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements > between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless > the University agrees in writing to the contrary.
