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Artur 2017-03-01 12:51 GMT+01:00 Jonathan Moore <[email protected]>: > For what it's worth, it's always best to install Autodesk service packs > using a silent install: > > https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/ > sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-install-service-packs-silently.html > > This turns a 30 minute install into something that runs in a minute or so. > Why Autodesk don't make this information more widely available is beyond me. > > On 1 March 2017 at 11:42, Artur W <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Did you know Maya 2017 update 2 installs for half an hour. HALF AN HOUR? >> Why? What's in there? >> >> Unbelievable. >> >> Artur >> >> 2017-02-20 17:59 GMT+01:00 Jonathan Moore <[email protected]>: >> >>> I've always believed the long term strategy was to retire Softimage from >>> the day it was part of the Autodesk portfolio. The assets they were buying >>> were the development team. In the interim years parts of Maya have been >>> informed by Softimage and MCG in Max is very much a cousin of ICE (with a >>> twist of Rhino's Grasshopper to boot). >>> >>> You only have to look at what's happened since Autodesk purchased the >>> Rhino T-Splines plugin (SubD for CAD). No real improvements for Rhino >>> customers for years and then in November T-Splines in Rhino is retired. >>> Meanwhile over at Autodesk, T-Splines is now a key toolset in three >>> different Autodesk CAD products - Fusion 360, Inventor and Alias Speedform >>> (part of most Alias Design Suite products). Fusion is free for non >>> commercial use, $300 per annum for commercial, Inventor is $2k per annum >>> and Alias Speedform which is pretty much the T-Splines technology on it's >>> own with a snazzy bespoke UI/UX, and can only be purchased with Alias >>> products which start at about $2.5k per annum and rise to $25k for the Auto >>> suite. A$300 plugin leveraged across all those key Autodesk products and >>> Rhino customers left with a plugin that won't function with the forthcoming >>> Rhino 6. Merciless is putting it kindly. >>> >>> On 20 February 2017 at 16:05, christian <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >Autodesk as a company had missed it's earnings per share and even >>>> though media made up 15% of its budget >>>> >>>> are you sure about that ? as far as i am aware the media and >>>> entertainment sector is just a tiny drop in the whole autodesk bucket. im >>>> not a finance guy so maybe i am getting the terms confused but googling >>>> some stuff it seems that total revenue for their 4th quarter of 2015 was >>>> 1.16 billion, while their media sector pulled in 46 million... media sector >>>> which includes numbers for not only maya and max but also stuff like flame >>>> and smoke.. >>>> >>>> http://blog.devoncroft.com/2015/02/27/autodesk-fy-2015-media >>>> -entertainment-revenue-declines-13-9-percent/ >>>> >>>> http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150226006454/en/Auto >>>> desk-Reports-Strong-Fourth-Quarter-Results#.VPCuEcvwsvg >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 4:25 PM, Tom Kleinenberg <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Wasn't it to do with a bad investors' earnings briefing? Autodesk as a >>>>> company had missed it's earnings per share and even though media made up >>>>> 15% of its budget (or maybe because of that) the least successful of the >>>>> three similar products got the chop. I think if there hadn't been a >>>>> panicked push for cost-cutting, XSI may have been around a while longer. >>>>> As >>>>> I understood it, the purchases from Japan had dried up for a while. There >>>>> were multiple games that had been in development for a few years that were >>>>> coming to the end of their devs cycles, had been version locked and would >>>>> have been renewed at that point. >>>>> >>>>> Anyway, conjecture on my part, but I think it's not fair to get angry >>>>> at one person for a corporate entity's missteps and falsehoods. I'm just >>>>> pissed that Autodesk bought them in the first place, the writing was on >>>>> the >>>>> wall from then. >>>>> >>>>> On 20 February 2017 at 14:00, Graham Bell <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I don't think people put a gun to the guys head, it was all part of >>>>>> the campaign that was running at the time. The general consensus was that >>>>>> the axe had already been wielded and fallen on Softimage and this was >>>>>> just >>>>>> lip service. But that wasn't the case, from my knowledge anyway. At that >>>>>> moment in time, there was some good intention to push the product forward >>>>>> in order to properly find it's place. I'm sure some people may have read >>>>>> between the lines, but internally myself and others still believed there >>>>>> was a future. >>>>>> >>>>>> The problem was the timeline of events has they unfolded. >>>>>> The video and event was done for launching the 2014 product line in >>>>>> March 2013, but also around this time there was a management change, from >>>>>> that changes happened and the EOL announcement was made, more or less a >>>>>> year after Daniel had said it was ok. Personally and imo, I don't believe >>>>>> there was ever an intention to deliberately mislead people, but certainly >>>>>> the timeline can make it look that way. People can choose to believe that >>>>>> or not. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 10:45 AM Andi Farhall <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Yes, it probably was unprofessional for which I apologise. It was an >>>>>>> offhand remark made after a few beers on a Saturday. So probably not >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> best time to be posting. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I might point out that the individuals who made him go on camera and >>>>>>> tell everyone it was going to be fine when they had no intention of it >>>>>>> being so were also being unprofessional. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> But I still apologise for the remark. >>>>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>>>> *From:* [email protected] < >>>>>>> [email protected]> on behalf of Sven >>>>>>> Constable <[email protected]> >>>>>>> *Sent:* 18 February 2017 18:30:42 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *To:* 'Official Softimage Users Mailing List. >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list' >>>>>>> *Subject:* RE: Maya >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I would like to see the list staying professional as it was through >>>>>>> the years. This was inappropiate. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sven >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>>>>>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Andi Farhall >>>>>>> *Sent:* Saturday, February 18, 2017 7:09 PM >>>>>>> *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List. >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list >>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: Maya >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> a face only a mother could love >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ............................................................ >>>>>>> ............... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.hackneyeffects.com/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://vimeo.com/user4174293 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andi-farhall/b/496/b21 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/lord_hackney/ >>>>>>> http://spylon.tumblr.com/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are >>>>>>> intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. >>>>>>> Any >>>>>>> views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not >>>>>>> necessarily represent those of Hackney Effects Ltd. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must >>>>>>> neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to >>>>>>> anyone. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this >>>>>>> email in error. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *From:* [email protected] < >>>>>>> [email protected]> on behalf of Tenshi Sama < >>>>>>> [email protected]> >>>>>>> *Sent:* 18 February 2017 12:05:14 >>>>>>> *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List. >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list >>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: Maya >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> :( >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://youtu.be/WcDn8gVPY_8 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 1:22 AM, Andrew Prostrelov < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> > Just another day in the wonderful world of Maya... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> totally agree. >>>>>>> The same stuff all over internet. >>>>>>> Every one in a pain of Maya "great" UI design, legacy crap and bugs >>>>>>> all over the place. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ------ >>>>>>> Softimage Mailing List. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >>>>>>> odesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Diseñador 3D/Multimedia >>>>>>> web: https://tenshi.carbonmade.com >>>>>>> # Cel/Whatsapp: (+593) 0984104698 <+593%2098%20410%204698> >>>>>>> ------ >>>>>>> Softimage Mailing List. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >>>>>>> odesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------ >>>>>> Softimage Mailing List. >>>>>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >>>>>> odesk.com 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. >>>> >>> >>> >>> ------ >>> 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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