Hahaha, this list needs more Brad. It's been a sad sight with your absence. :)
-------------------------------------------- Eric Thivierge http://www.ethivierge.com On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 9:40 PM, Bradley Gabe <[email protected]> wrote: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTv1Dmu5CYc&t=0m33s > > > > On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 8:30 PM, David Saber <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I read all these threads and the general feeling I get is: people are >> accepting what's happening... But didn't we accept too much since 2008? >> >> AD acquisition, AD not promoting Softimage, AD kicking Softimage's >> original developers: for all these slaps, we grumbled then we accepted. Now >> AD kills Softimage: we grumble then we accept! We're even helping AD to >> improve Maya! >> >> The last request to AD from our community is to keep Softimage half alive >> with some small fixes from time to time. I have a question for those who >> requested it: if AD grants you that, and if Softimage becomes a stagnant >> living dead app, will you be happy? Will you thank AD for that? >> >> Now AD says with some workflow ideas from Softimage, the future of Maya >> is bright (click). Do you buy it? Can they do it? A true nonlinear >> workflow? A modern GUI where everything is drag and droppable? A render >> region? An explorer so complete? A true animation mixer? >> >> If Ad asks you to leave your young beautiful wife, and choose your fat >> ugly mother in law instead, would you accept? >> >> Why not keeping Softimage's development instead! It already has a solid >> ground for improvements. When V7 came out and ICE was making a lot of buzz, >> who in this community would have thought our software of choice (and us) >> would head for this situation? It's like XSI was an orphan child, adopted >> by some cold, silent parents, who do not understand his talent or even his >> culture. They see no use for him so they kill him. >> >> Enough! Screw the fifth stage of grief! Acceptance? What AD is doing is >> NOT acceptable. Everyone should go back to stage 2: RAGE. I'd just like to >> see more fighting spirit here. Something should be possible to stop this >> madness and to bring XSI back to the time it was dazzling everyone. The >> open letters and Pooby's project are great initiatives. These days I'm >> contacting all my friends to ask them to sign the petition. Perhaps I'm >> unrealistic, but I can't let XSI die without a fight. >> >> David >> > >
