Autode$k shoot us with disguised lies, once again.
On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 6:51 PM, Meng-Yang Lu <[email protected]> wrote: > You have some fans anticipating that release. Me included. Godspeed > buddy. > > -Lu > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 4:31 PM, Matt Lind <[email protected]>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:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Meng-Yang Lu >> *Sent:* Monday, March 17, 2014 4:20 PM >> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *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 <[email protected]> >> 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:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Raffaele >> Fragapane >> *Sent:* Monday, March 17, 2014 3:44 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *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 <[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! >> >> >> >> >> > >
