i stiil have my xsi tatoo souvenir, and thinking seriously in doing one on myself for real. F.
On Monday, March 17, 2014, Chris Marshall <[email protected]> wrote: > You mean, they don't *ALL* have the XSI tattoo?!?!? Weird!! > > > > On Monday, 17 March 2014, Raffaele Fragapane > <[email protected]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > 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 <[email protected]> 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 > > >
