You have some fans anticipating that release. Me included. Godspeed buddy.
-Lu On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 4:31 PM, Matt Lind <ml...@carbinestudios.com> wrote: > The company is 110% focused on getting Wildstar to market on our > advertised release date of June 3, 2014. That's not too far off, so you > can imagine where our heads are at right now. > > > > I cannot speak for the company, but if it were up to me I'd wait for the > sales numbers to roll in to determine if transition is even an issue. > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Meng-Yang Lu > *Sent:* Monday, March 17, 2014 4:20 PM > > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: Autodesk response > > > > Matt, > > > > Considering your previous emails about retaining legacy, I got the notion > you didn't know until the last minute since you were still writing emails > about date integrity. > > > > What are you guys planning to do? > > > > -Lu > > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Matt Lind <ml...@carbinestudios.com> > wrote: > > In response to 'B', Autodesk showed up at our office the very moment the > news went live to everybody else. In essence, we didn't get any warning > either. We were told we're one of the larger Softimage customers. > > > > No NDA's, roadmaps to the future, or anything else. Just, "Hey, Soft is > EOL. We'll toss you some Max and/or Maya licenses at no extra cost to help > you along for the next 2 years, after which you can no longer use Soft. > Any questions?". This is before the policy of ending use of Softimage > after Feb 1, 2016 was revised, of course. > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Raffaele Fragapane > *Sent:* Monday, March 17, 2014 3:44 PM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: Autodesk response > > > > 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> 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! > > > > >
