And to be clear, I agree with Mauricio too. I hate everything about this decision, but resorting to swearing and name calling won't help the situation.
Not to dismiss the anger that Mihai has, as I have it too, just saying that being less aggressive and insulting will more likely keep the discussion flowing. On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Daniel Kim <[email protected]> wrote: > Agree with Mauricio > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Daniel Kim > Animation Director & Professional 3D Generalist > http://www.danielkim3d.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Maurício PC <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Come on ... is not like he has the final say on things. Attacking him >> personally won't solve a thing. >> >> Let's all act like grown ups. >> >> >> I curse AD as a company ... but as a company it has employees and most of >> the time they don't have a fault on how things worked out. >> >> >> Anyway ... just chill out on the personal attacks. >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Mihai Iliuta <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> You are listening?? >>> >>> Ok, listen to your own bullshit: >>> >>> "The first is to flatly call out that the rumor that the eol of >>> Softimage and 3dsmax is upon us is totally false." >>> >>> "Cory Mogk is now also responsible for Softimage and we have been >>> working with the team on the future of the product with lots of key >>> customers." >>> >>> "We understand people make their living from this software and that they >>> make huge decisions about their projects and companies and we take that >>> responsibility very seriously." >>> >>> "Again the door is open to contact us or challenge us. Please let >>> everyone you know their products are safe." >>> >>> >>> So today, we can safely say you are a lying piece of shit. You have no >>> dignity, you have no character, and you have no word. I can't imagine any >>> developer feeling any pride anymore working for you or this fucked up >>> company. What you have done here and HOW you've done it, is irreparable and >>> you and your company is from now on going downhill. You expect anybody to >>> ever trust you or your company again? Is that worth anything for a >>> business? It's worth everything. >>> >>> Nobody finds it in the least suspicious why SI was killed now? When the >>> whole community around SI and the nr of independent developers working >>> developing tools for it was at an all time high??? >>> >>> I don't know when you lost your balls and your word Mr. Vienneau, but >>> "good luck" regaining both. >>> >>> Piece of shit. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:05 PM, Perry Harovas >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> While Dan's heart is breaking (and so is mine), I still have (at least) >>>> one nagging question: >>>> >>>> Clearly this has been under discussion for a while at Autodesk, so why >>>> were the following comments >>>> from September 5th of 2012 made: >>>> >>>> *"The rumor that the EOL of Softimage and 3DS Max is upon us is totally >>>> false."* >>>> >>>> So, if I understand this correctly, what I get out of it is that when >>>> Autodesk assures customers that their product is not on the chopping block, >>>> that statement is really only good for about a year and a half (less if >>>> you take into account that this EOL must have been decided a while back). >>>> >>>> That doesn't imbue anyone with much confidence. I am not a 3DS Max >>>> user, but if I was, I think I'd be worried, and would take any Autodesk >>>> assurances that there was no reason to worry >>>> with a very large grain of salt. >>>> >>>> Can someone please, finally, address this? >>>> >>>> Thank you >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Tim Crowson < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks Chris! And thanks as well for the update to the licensing >>>>> terms. That's a big deal. >>>>> -Tim >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 3/7/2014 2:14 PM, Dan Pejril wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Good to know you are listening. >>>>> >>>>> If you listen closely, you can heart my heart breaking.... >>>>> >>>>> On 3/7/2014 3:01 PM, Chris Vienneau wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>> >>>>> I just want to let you know there are people from the maya dev and pm >>>>> teams coming online to this forum but we are shipping software and >>>>> answering a lot of calls but the mails you are writing are being passed >>>>> back and forth as they are coming at a furious pace. Stay tuned for some >>>>> answers and we plan on doing some private webinars under NDA for soft >>>>> users >>>>> to ask questions direct to us. Anyone interested in such a thing please >>>>> write me a private mail at [email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> . >>>>> >>>>> Thx. >>>>> >>>>> Cv/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Perry Harovas >>>> 203-448-7206 >>>> Animation and Visual Effects >>>> >>>> http://www.TheAfterImage.com <http://www.theafterimage.com/> >>>> >>>> -24 years experience >>>> -Co-Author of "Mastering >>>> Maya"<http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Maya-Complete-Perry-Harovas/dp/0782125212> >>>> -Member of the Visual Effects Society >>>> (VES)<http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> gonebadfx.com >> - your source for bad fx >> > > -- Perry Harovas 203-448-7206 Animation and Visual Effects http://www.TheAfterImage.com <http://www.theafterimage.com/> -24 years experience -Co-Author of "Mastering Maya"<http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Maya-Complete-Perry-Harovas/dp/0782125212> -Member of the Visual Effects Society (VES)<http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/>

