So if I understand correctly, Softimage is dead because of an AD
mistake, right?
AD buys Softimage, puts all its developers on this new technology called
Skyline. They keep Softimage in life support, knowing it will be
"replaced" some day by all this new tech. The community is worried with
the lack of development and keeps asking what's the roadmap for Soft, to
no avail. Then AD realizes Skyline wasn't a good idea. So they kill all
these new tech plans. And as Softimage has no more future replacement,
they just kill it as well.
And now we all benefit from these superb strategies.
if I didn't get this right, perhaps somebody at Autodesk could answer
some very important questions asked by Arvid (they went unnoticed I guess):
"Maurice, could you explain this, either XSI was supposed to be part of
the now failed project Skyline -- or it was never meant to be kept
alive, but only bought up for its resources to then be moved into
project Skyline and other parts of AD M&E. Which one is it?
Follow-up question, if it was the first option, how come XSI was never
heavily marketed anywhere for this purpose? If it was the second, would
you agree that you were not completely open with your intentions *5
years ago*?"
David
On 2014-03-20 18:09, rs3d wrote:
http://www.creativebloq.com/3d/autodesk-answers-your-questions-demise-softimage-31411069
