Stay classy Olivier :) On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 9:21 AM, Olivier Jeannel <[email protected]> wrote:
> As seen on FB > Le 19 avr. 2016 02:06, "Sebastien Sterling" <[email protected]> > a écrit : > >> AD wants to get the equation as close as they can to people feeding them >> a steady stream of income for minimal updates and maintenance. They are not >> driven by any passion or creative fervour. >> >> On 19 April 2016 at 00:55, Steven Caron <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I tried to touch on this with the last sentence in my reply. Their >>> decision axe Softimage seemed irrational to us because we are emotional but >>> if you reduce it to numbers, it made sense. It is a truth I don't like to >>> admit but it is a fact that Maya and Max user numbers are just higher, so >>> of course you axe Softimage and consolidate the dev teams. >>> >>> Others have touched on it, here and on the Arnold mailing lists... This >>> case is different because they don't have 3 competing renderers now, they >>> have at most two (ART in Max). Softimage wasn't a plugin for 7 different >>> softwares, it wasn't 'agnostic' in the same way Arnold is. Since the >>> Softimage purchase and axing, AD has bought Shotgun. This is an example of >>> AD staying out of way and more value being brought to the product >>> (additional access to RV). These are reasons why I think this case is going >>> to be different. >>> >>> I am cautiously optimistic though, in 2 years or so we will see for >>> certain. >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 3:29 PM, Artur W <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Many AD corporate decisions seem irrational and strange to us. >>>> Why should this case be any different? >>>> >>>> I truly wish everything would go as we wanted. Constant progress and >>>> development of Arnold. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> ------ >>> Softimage Mailing List. >>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >>> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >>> >> >> >> ------ >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >> > > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >
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