I hope there is a company or someone else who can hire all SI developers and make another next generation 3D software. I remember when Lightwave shut down years ago, and they are back in industry and shows great stuff, and even Modo. I really hope there is a company or someone hires SI dev members...
------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Kim Animation Director & Professional 3D Generalist http://www.danielkim3d.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 12:43 AM, Jordi Bares <[email protected]> wrote: > Softimage, like SideEffect, 3DSMax and the rest are small teams of very > clever developers, 8-12 is the normal number of developers for any app... > that is a very small cost compared with the cost of advertising and PR, > believe me. > > Regarding this implied direct relationship between pace of development and > resources, it is so so obscene it is insulting to say that. By that rule > all the software portfolio Autodesk manages hinders everything they do, > let's face it, they have lots of products. > > If the case is pace of development just hire a few more good guys and make > sure the effort does not go to waste by not promoting it well. > > The issue I have is that something does not add up... I still don't > understand the decision and the more I think about it, the more suspicious > it becomes.. .does not even seem a coordinated well put plan that is > causing all this storm (all the handling has been awful and big companies > tend to handle these things with utmost care as it casts a horrible light > to the brand itself) > > Just look at how Apple handled Shake, they discontinued it but offer the > possibility of buying the source code and carry on using it, it was bad but > at least was a clean exit. Also helps that nuke was ready for prime time so > felt like moving forward instead of moving back to the 80s with Maya. > > Jordi Bares > [email protected] > > On 8 Mar 2014, at 11:05, Cristobal Infante <[email protected]> wrote: > > it's a bad decision in the eyes of who? > > They didn't really buy softimage because they thought is a software > they could improve any further, they were actually really buying US the > users. Some people call it killing the competition, a chess move. > > If xsi only had 8-10 developers, than It doesn't take a math genius to > figure out that they were obviously making money with it. Maybe not as much > as a lot of us would like to believe, but still surely enough to keep it > going. > > From a business point of view, they are thinking "How can we make MORE > money for less cost". How do we make our business more efficient on a long > term plan? The answer is quite simple, you unify all your efforts into one > money making machine that will eventually be Maya 2.0. It will look very > similar to Maya if not identical otherwise they wouldn't have bothered > "transitioning us" now. > > Some people say "bad costumer service" but I guess the mayority of their > costumers are Maya so we were a small price to pay... > > They knew there was going to be a loss of costume, but in 5 years time > that frequently asked question "What 3D package should I learn?" will be > totally irrelevant. They are putting their money on that "bright" future. > > Anyone want to bet which Adsk 3d software will die next? No brainer. > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, 8 March 2014, Chris Marshall <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I couldn't agree more >> >> On Friday, 7 March 2014, Jordi Bares <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Looking at things from another angle I am concerned with the whole >>> decision because I don't understand it, abandoning Softimage seems such a >>> bad decision... >>> >>> Can I ask you how many developers were working exclusively on the >>> Softimage product? 6? 8? 12? >>> >>> Is that a crazy cost? let's face it, Autodesk is a huge corporation and >>> we are talking about saving peanuts... >>> >>> Or am I dreaming here? >>> >>> Selling it would be a great option, and surely if the market share was >>> so small would not have any impact whatsoever on your company. >>> >>> Jordi Bares >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> Chris Marshall >> Mint Motion Limited >> 029 20 37 27 57 >> 07730 533 115 >> www.mintmotion.co.uk >> >> >> >
