+ 1 on your last sentence Adam
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Adam Seeley <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Maurice, > > Yes, sure, things can change very fast indeed. > > It's just not a very reassuring corporate stance for customers who need to > make a long term investment in people, time and cash. That kind of > statement leaves little reassurance that anyone can invest confidently in > any of your products for the long term, especially the ones that might > compete with one another. > > "Maya LT is meant to be a low cost alternative for low-budget indie game > developers. Maya and 3ds Max are still meant to be the solutions for Games > overall" > > I would imagine a 3ds max user would be concerned that Maya & Maya LT > would be bridged to become a full game developer tool, although Maya is > actually supposed to be the Film/VFX solution. Beginning to sound like one > fat egg being hatched. > > > Also, do I read correctly, 1.5 years ago: > > "Autodesk plans to continue to develop all of products mentioned" > *and* > "At that time, although Softimage was not an area we were planning on > investing more in, there was no plan to discontinue it." > > If you stop investment in a product that needs its cutting edge regularly > sharpened, it will be discontinued sooner or later, no question. > It's all very mixed messages... > > > As for eggs in baskets, that may apply to companies that can spread talent > over a number of software solutions (possibly not very efficient mind you). > But for individuals filling those seats, there's a generally a software > commitment that has to be made. > We expected our lovely (and still profitable) egg to be safe in the hands > of your rather large and well filled basket. > > Anyway, hopefully Soft will scale up with hardware improvements enough for > the next few years. > I would say the field is wide open for a new generation of software. > > Respect is due for remaining here and taking the brunt of our > dissatisfaction, but there is little chance you will convince anybody that > this is a wise decision. > > Adam. > _____________________ > http://www.linkedin.com/in/adamseeleyuk > https://vimeo.com/adamseeley > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Maurice Patel <[email protected]> > *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, 18 March 2014, 15:21 > *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 > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Perry Harovas > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 11:12 AM > To: [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." > > > > >
