After all that has been said here, I believe that the urge of AD to
quickly make Bifröst to something ICE-like or better, is overestimated..
Why should they be in any hurry? Because of a few Softies migrating to
Houdini?
The vast majority of ME customers don't even use or need ICE, and also
never bothered looking into the other qualities of Softimage besides
ICE, and so will just happily remain sailing under AD's flag.
I don't think that all of a sudden most users will develop an appetite
for this. You don't miss what you don't know, and we all are also
creatures of habit.
So things will stay as they are in AD land a little longer - as long as
there are ANY improvements, no matter how small or slow, the show will
go on.
These users are the ones that AD feels responsible for, and it makes
business sense, too.
Not that max or Maya users don't create brilliant work! But obviously
they are to a degree happy with their workflows, otherwise Soft would
have had much more admission meanwhile.
The user base that tries to be 'cutting edge' with a small team and a
single application is just a minority.
Probably Bifröst will some day be 'cutting edge', too, but at it's own
slow pace. For AD, there's no pressure or imminent threat, so be
prepared for a probably longer wait than two years.
Convenient situation for AD, in fact. They can play around as long as
they like, with the tempo they choose, and the next generation of 3d
artist will surely reap the benefits one day.
For now, the good thing is that the competition is already taking
advantage of the beginning Softimage diaspora. For them, the number of
users are relevant, unlike for AD.
My 2c
Best regards,
Eugen
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Von: "Paul Griswold" <[email protected]>
An: "Eric Thivierge" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Gesendet: 26.03.2014 18:37:21
Betreff: Re: Everything's being said.
Right. That's how I understood it as well. My point was, this could
have been slightly less of a PR disaster if they'd not completely
murdered Softimage, but instead set it up as a "graceful transition" to
Bifrost. Allow Softimage to continue to be purchased as part of the
Suites program until the point at which Bifrost makes it obvious that
ICE is no longer necessary.
Instead they've set themselves up for a situation where Autodesk has
absolutely no answer to Houdini at all for sale, and a promise of
Bifrost being an amazing new technology. SideFX and The Foundry aren't
going to sit on their hands while Autodesk builds Bifrost, so IMHO the
best business decision would have been to try to mitigate any losses by
keeping Softimage available to the public while Bifrost matures.
You'd think after what happened with Sumatra versus Maya they'd have
realized it's not a good idea to create a vacuum for too long.
-Paul
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Eric Thivierge
<[email protected]> wrote:
This has all been made crystal clear over the last few weeks. No, "if
you keep your subscription current" you will be able to. It's a legacy
subscription benefit. I think it's crazy for people to not keep their
subscription up to date for at least this next year to be able to get
Softimage 2015. <-- Personal opinion.
Eric T.
On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 1:18:49 PM, Paul Griswold wrote:
So in 2 years if I want to buy an Ultimate Suite as a new license I
will get Softimage included?
If so, I'm slightly less ticked off.
-Paul
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