It was mentioned numerous times so far during killing period of SI... end user and artist DON'T care about open or not, just need tools that work for their needs. They don't need tools to make tools but tools to get the job done.
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:02 PM, Matt Lind <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought the COM/MFC SDK was exposed but users revolted and insisted on > having a C++ API? (hence the black box showing up around v3). > > > Matt > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Luc-Eric Rousseau > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 1:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: SoftImage Artists take on Maya @ Escape Studios > > well the Maya API is called OpenMaya, so there's that. > Everything is exposed through the API, it's not a blackbox like XSI, where > you can never get to the "real" scene graph, menus, toolbars. > Although we kind thought that we would expose it all as a giant COM and > MFC SDK in the beginning. > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Matt Lind <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Did Autodesk say that, or somebody else who just happened to be part > > of the show? > > > > When referencing Maya, I’ve never heard anybody from Autodesk ever say > > it was open. I’ve only heard such a statement from users. Not saying > > Autodesk hasn’t said such a thing, just saying I have never heard them > > say it if they have. > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: SoftImage Artists take on Maya @ Escape Studios > > > > I keep thinking about this sentence… > > > > what do they mean by Maya being "entirely open"? > > > > Do they mean open source software? clearly that is not the case. > > > > Do they mean customisable? because this is not open in my book. > > > > > > > > Do they mean open architecture? Because although you can add > > components > > (plugins) you can't substitute the pre-existing ones (unless I am > > wrong > > here) > > > > > > So… what do Autodesk mean by saying it is "designed to be entirely > open"?? > > > > > > > > > > > > And by the way… why is the Escape studio page now down???? > > > > http://www.escapestudios.com/softimage-artists-take-on-maya-escape-stu > > dios/ > > > > > > > > :-/// > > >
