The stupidest thing about it, is that a proportion of SI users , used to ICE, will now move to Applications that provide Similar power and speed of tool iteration such as Houdini and fabric. It's not directly about the money. Want to see Houdini become the best solution at high end characters? What better than to give SideFx a sudden influx of ex SI users. If AD wanted to do anything to accelerate the speed of progress and give developing funds to the competition this is it. AD arent gaining users, you're losing them. You had us by the balls anyway and we were paying you. All you'll be saving is a relative pittance on the few developers you kept assigned to Softimage.
On 7 Mar 2014, at 22:55, Rares Halmagean <[email protected]> wrote: > I tend to agree with this. If profit was the primary motive, the heads at AD > didn't do a very good job of it by this move. > > They should have put their resources into a new app that takes the best ip > from all 3. Instead they lead users by the nose. The biggest asset a business > has is it's credibility. Other dcc users are watching this go down. Now watch > what happens! > > On 3/7/2014 4:46 PM, Perry Harovas wrote: >> If this was all economics (which I VERY highly doubt), I wonder what the >> Autodesk shareholders would think about >> how just chasing numbers affects customer sentiment, loyalty and word of >> mouth? >> >> Does anyone at Autodesk think the shareholders will be happy about what has >> come from this? >> >> And by the way, if they are happy, they deserve the exodus that may be >> coming. >> The exodus of customers, and in turn, the exodus of value in their precious >> stock. >> >> But again, I very, seriously, massively doubt this was just an economic >> decision. >> >> If it was, then the people needing to be fired are the ones who purchased >> Softimage in the first place. >> You know, the ones who thought that they could have 3 nearly identical >> product offerings for a very small market of customers, >> and not have to kill one (or two) of the products. >> >> That was either incredibly stupid, or just a great cover for whatever the >> real reason is they bought and killed Softimage is. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Emilio Hernandez <[email protected]> wrote: >> Well you are listening we are all ears. This is really your chance to cut >> the crap and be honest with us. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> Perry Harovas >> 203-448-7206 >> Animation and Visual Effects >> >> http://www.TheAfterImage.com >> >> -24 years experience >> -Co-Author of "Mastering Maya" >> -Member of the Visual Effects Society (VES) > > -- > Rares Halmagean > ___________________________________ > visual development and 3d character & content creation. > rarebrush.com
