> Let me ask a very open question to Paul Doyle. Paul when people say the > creators of ICE work at Fabric do you agree? Many on the Bifrost team would > argue they were just as much a part of it than the hard working guys at > Fabric. I think it is great that there are two companies following this > path and that will only mean competition which is a good thing but I do > believe there are many people who came together and not just 1-2 who drove > the whole thing.
I don't know what the answer to this is, but as a customer I really don't care that much. I'm far more interested in which development team is innovating and working on not only giving us back what we're losing with ICE, but also addressing its limitations. Given that AD just "offed" ICE without having a replacement ready, it's going to be a tough sell to convince me AD has a solid vision for the future of the software they sell. AD has all the advantages in terms of size and market share, and I'm 100% confident that there are still some truly exceptional developers working there -- some of whom no doubt worked directly on ICE. I'm also 100% confident the Titanic had a lot of great sailors on board when it sank. Even a tiny lifeboat becomes awfully appealing when the captain of the ship drives it into an iceberg. Let alone a Chinook helicopter (which is how I see Fabric Engine in this analogy. For those who don't think a Chinook helicopter is good enough, remember the Titanic sank in 1912). Since you brought them into this, I'd like to ask an open question to your devs who worked on ICE: Do they feel like their talents are being put to good use? If so, how? I think comparing a list of answers to questions like that would be a lot more productive than counting how many of the people who worked on ICE haven't left AD yet.
