So, paraphrasing some famous movie "we are proper fucked" starting tomorrow?
Artur Woźniak https://vimeo.com/83506156 https://vimeo.com/user3560131/videos 2014-03-04 2:45 GMT+01:00 Raffaele Fragapane <[email protected]>: > If I knew or if we were to I probably couldn't say it publicly within my > NDA. > But honestly speaking? I just don't know, nor have i given it much > consideration. > > Personally, and this is me, nothing to do with AL, I'm so tired of the > whole commercial software thing since AD established absolute dominance > I've stopped caring much for any of them a while ago. > > IMO there's this common misconception AD might give a fraction of a fast > moving orbital fuck about any of their Western M&E clients when it comes to > Soft, but in my experience and that of my connections that's simply not > true to any relevant extent. > Sure, you might get in with some devs or PMs, get some early access, > previews, participate in some programs, and have a friendly relationship > and so on, but ultimately when it comes to sales or the board nobody has > the dullest of hooks in there. > > This is not to say the people in there, the real people, are anything > short of fantastic (some devs, leads and PMs are actually really nice, > involved and friendly), at least some of them, but the overall mechanism is > just not conducive any more to clients like the ones I work for to be truly > catered for, not to the extent smaller firms do. > I don't even hate Autodesk for it to be honest, it's a corp, it obeys > rules that paint us out of the picture. It'd be like getting mad at gravity > the next time I fall on my ass :p > > If anybody has any swing with AD whatsoever when it comes to Soft it could > only be a Japanese client, or some of them associating (unlikely to happen > culturally). > I can't think of anybody outside of Japan with a triple digit number of > seats under maintenance. > > > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Steven Caron <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey Raff >> >> Does Animal Logic have the weight to ask Autodesk for a site license? As >> a parting gift... >> >> Steven >> >>
