Unfortunately people seldom learn from history. The parallels are uncanny. 5 or so updates later FCP X is a decent system compared to launch. The problem is most people have moved on. They didnt listen to what their users needed and they delayed their new gen Mac pro to long. Budgets have to be spent and most of them were on non apple machines and Avid and Adobe software. As some folks know I am a big Apple fan but that left me shaking my head and wondering what the hell they were smoking.
________________________________ From: Jordi Bares [[email protected]] Sent: 18 March 2014 06:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Autodesk webinar Exactly what Apple did with Final Cut Pro, and guess what happened? the whole industry moved to Avid and Adobe Premiere. Jordi Bares [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> On 18 Mar 2014, at 16:33, <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Yes, absolutely!! Its one thing deciding to shut down Softimage – however stupid that decision is, but to not allow purchases of new seats, except for existing customers. That’s just mean minded and bullying. Its like they are trying their hardest to make enemies. From: olivier jeannel<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 4:29 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: Autodesk webinar I think the opposite. AD should make it available to buy seats. Why AD is refusing ? they will earn money for nothing. That I don't understand. Le 18/03/2014 17:21, Mirko Jankovic a écrit : People... do you REALLY think that there is anything at all left to be said? I saw screw AD, screw PR and all marketing from each nd every copany. Only thing important is use tool that works for you. Right now if it is Softimage, keep using it as long as it serves you and gets food on your table. In the next couple years if there is something better go for it if not.. keep using SI fro another 10 years if needed. In any case it doesn't make any sense at all to go through PR firewall of AD. It was clear from day one back in 2008 that AD will kill Softimage, and every single year after that was step in that direction. It is pure business war that AD won offer SI and SI is casualty... nothing we can do there nor they will ever change their mind. Use what works for you and stop waisting time on this PR crap.. On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Morten Bartholdy <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Yes please share Paul. Morten Den 18. marts 2014 kl. 17:09 skrev Marc-Andre Carbonneau <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>: > Hi Paul, > > If your company allows it, could you share the document/presentation you > wrote highlighting your comparisons and choices to convince them? > Very appreciated, > MAC > > -----Original Message----- > From: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > On Behalf Of [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: 18 mars 2014 11:59 > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Autodesk webinar > > "Last year was a watershed one for the industry for many different reasons > resulting in many significant changes to our strategy" > > Yes, the industry is changing. Budgets are getting smaller and work needs to > be done faster. > > So surely, the wise thing to do would be to invest in the tool with the > fastest workflow. I have spent the last 3 years demonstrating to my studio > why Softimage needs to be what we are using to make our projects feasible, > and despite the fact, I'm the only Softimage person there. I have managed to > persuade them through demonstration and now we are setting up production with > it. > By making tools that perform complex tasks quickly ( Softimage and ICE combo > ), There is a huge market to be explored doing movie quality work on > television that would have been unfeasible a few years ago. > > How do you think it feels after all that effort, RIGHT before the project is > about to start, to hear this news? Its utterly short sighted and I imagine it > will be rather embarrassing when we reveal how we managed to pull this off , > as its going to be a testament to the clear advantage given by Softimage over > any other solution and I will take every opportunity I can to say that. > > There is no way I'm going to change tracks back to a tool I had to spend all > that time proving Softimage was far superior to. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maurice Patel > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 3:21 PM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Autodesk webinar > > Hi Perry, > At that time, although Softimage was not an area we were planning on > investing more in, there was no plan to discontinue it. That decision was > only made at the end of last year. Last year was a watershed one for the > industry for many different reasons resulting in many significant changes to > our strategy. At the time this statement was made we did not even have any > plans for MayaLT. Unfortunately things can change very fast. > maurice > > Maurice Patel > Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134<tel:514%20954-7134> > > From: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > On Behalf Of Perry Harovas > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 11:12 AM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Autodesk webinar > > Maurice, I know things change, but this statement from Marc was only a year > and a half ago: > > "Autodesk plans to continue to develop all of products mentioned [in this > story]. These are all solutions that serve many different customer needs > across multiple industries and in many different types of workflows. > We are not discontinuing development on any of the products you mentioned > but we will increase focus in specific areas where individual products are > strong." > > > > <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. 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