It is very true Softimage started to dent on some Houdini areas, and those who were looking to transition once ICE arrived stopped looking… they certainly killed the wrong product and after all these piles and piles of messages my feeling is that they should do what I call a wise-U-turn.
There is no shame if it is for good guys! Jordi Bares [email protected] On 14 Mar 2014, at 10:44, "adrian wyer" <[email protected]> wrote: > i would estimate closer to 10,000 seats worldwide > > that makes $7million a year..... > > lets assume the devs are on $50k * 8 that's only $400k a year > > dear Autodesk, keep Soft alive, keep 90% of your profits (as you always > have), and throw half a million at third party guys to shore up your > product... > > bear in mind that if you actually knew what you had purchased, with a little > love, some money and the right marketing, you could now own Houdini's share > of the market... > > you fools > > a > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf OfJohn Richard > Sanchez > Sent: 12 March 2014 16:59 > To: XSI List to post > Subject: Re: thinking out loud > > That may not happen till after 2016 when they stop releasing updates. > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Chris Marshall <[email protected]> > wrote: > Hi All, > I was thinking that Autodesk expect most people to carry on paying their > annual support fee, and transition over, but as established, we don't want to > do that. If there are, for example 3000 seats globally on support, each > netting Autodesk something in the region of $700 a year, that's over $2 > Million Dollars every year! If no-one transitions over, that's a lot of money > they'll lose. > Just thinking out loud. > Chris > > > > > -- > www.johnrichardsanchez.com
