I think the difference is now there is a potential for a lot of projects to be funded which wasn’t really there before. If they close ranks then its a big shame, if they don’t they have the potential to do great things. Like the other software vendors it has been given a small window of opportunity to make a difference in their market share. Whether they use it is up to them.
From: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Monday 17 March 2014 at 11:45 AM To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: Are we being blind choosing Maya over MAX? It’s simple for me. I investigated Blender whole-heartedly on several occasions, and in my opinion, after some months of research/tutorials and customization attempts, it’s a jumbled mess, and the developers would rather stuff cotton in their ears than address these realities. The biggest problem is facing hoardes of passionate users (who don’t know Softimage like we all know it, or even Max or Maya) who swear they know better than your own 18+ year professionally trained experience and won’t listen to a word of what you have to say, it’s simply not worth the hassle. I also greatly suspect the underlying source code and architecture of Blender is outrageously complicated and not worth forking or putting up with in any way. That said, there are no other great open source 3D alternatives that are commercially viable. That's your answer, I’ve tried talking with Blender devs and their user community in the past, no thank you sir, you can keep it all to yourself. I’d be better off taking my rudimentary programming skills and coding my own tools from scratch than putting up with that scene, it’s quite frankly a much less ridiculous notion. <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">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. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> </tr> </table>
