Adding to my point, 3D is already a difficult skill to learn, you probably know this better than many of us.
If somebody learns Maya from scratch none of this will matter since they won't know any better.. On Saturday, 8 March 2014, Angus Davidson <[email protected]> wrote: > Forgot to add the more important thing is that what AD didnt expect with > this shitstorm is that all of the other communities are now talking, there > are knowledge transfers and people are understanding that their perceptions > of other packages may have been wrong. Things are moving a lot faster now > as very skilled Softimage users are looking at other options. That leads to > them writing tools etc that makes the other packages better and will pull > more people away from AD. > > I think they now realise that pissing off these types of people is not a > wise decision. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Angus Davidson > [[email protected]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > ] > *Sent:* 08 March 2014 02:14 PM > *To:* > [email protected]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* RE: Good point well put > > I disagree > > 5 Years from now, Modo / Houdini / Fabric Engine will be the standard. I > say this because they are agile, they listen to what their users want and > they actively develop and have a coherent roadmap. > > With the rate that the industry is developing Maya will not be able to > keep up. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Cristobal Infante [[email protected]] > *Sent:* 08 March 2014 02:05 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Good point well put > > They have messed up really badly with us by the way the've handled > this. But I don't really consider this a storm, a few guys ranting on a > mailing list. CGsociety haven't even bothered to make this news. > > Why did they keep softimage for all this years? well simple, they were > investing in a relationship with costumers. Now that the Foundry had > started to gain ground it was time to act and think about this > bright future. > > We are just too involved in the mess to see the whole picture. Think 5 > years from now, all I can see is Maya. > > > > On Saturday, 8 March 2014, Daniel Kim <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 peopl > > 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. 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