You mean, they don't *ALL* have the XSI tattoo?!?!? Weird!!
On Monday, 17 March 2014, Raffaele Fragapane <raffsxsil...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Lets make something very clear here. > A) big shops might not be voicing their concerns for reasons other than > some of the utterly retarded conspiracy theories that are emerging. Reasons > might be that CEOs and producers in a place big enough simply DO NOT give > enough of a damn about this, or that they are not a bunch of fanatics but > they deal with business the way business is dealt with, or even that it's > not infrequent for shops having a "no vendor bias" policy which extends to > publicity, positive or negative, of any kind tied to a specific vendor. > > B) the forewarning was a small handful of weeks for the luckiest, as short > as 10 days for those at the end of it, and many were simply left out out of > sheer incompetence (See Glassworks). > > C) the shops you mention might be considering to flip the finger to AD as > well. As usual I can't speak for, or even imply what is going on in, Animal > Logic, but I know first hand that more than a place was already trying > their absolute hardest to marginalize as much as possible integration of AD > products. Do you think how this latest move was handled is helping? > > D) Last but not least, I don't know where this dysfunctional theory some > people seem to have that big shops get bribed by vendors to promote things > to the peons. Sure, it sporadically happened in the past, especially in SGI > days, but ultimately the margins in VFX and Feature Animation are so small > you have no idea. The singular sole priority in any big shop is to work as > efficiently as possible financially. If it involves using AD products AD > itself could be helmed by Satan and have a side-trade of illegal arms > contraband and AD products would still be bought. > If working with AD is potentially financially damaging, given how small > the cost of software itself in a pipe is these days when the pipe is wide > and long enough, many birds would be instantaneously flipped at AD. > > Honestly guys, get a grip. There's no conspiracy theory, just some people > are a lot more rational and more divested across resources than those > frothing over it. It doesn't mean they aren't saddened, or suddenly even > more concerned about AD's client policies, but they don't all have XSI > tattoos on their buttocks. > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 6:16 AM, Jason S > <jasonsta...@gmail.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jasonsta...@gmail.com');> > > wrote: > >> The idea of prewarnings, is for exactly that.. letting bigger shops in >> to the decision & start transitions first, >> gives a feeling of preferential treatment, & not much room to dissaprove >> when it all silent and top secret, so you go ahead saying.. >> "darn, but what other choice?" >> >> And when it all comes out, not only do the prewarned (with the loudest >> voices) not speak-out (already transitioned halfway) >> >> but then serve as example leaders, more-or-less willingly leading the way >> to the "better" way! >> >> Yay! >> >> -- Chris Marshall Mint Motion Limited 029 20 37 27 57 07730 533 115 www.mintmotion.co.uk
