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> On 15 Mar 2018, at 12:56, Dan Yargici <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey guys and gals, > > I stayed subscribed to the list over these last few years since I moved over > to Houdini (haven't touched Softimage in 2 years now!) as occasionally a > little nugget of useful, non-Softimage specific information would still > surface through the Autodesk-hating noise (I should add that I also massively > dislike Autodesk, I just don't see any point in expending as much energy in > stating it as some people). > > I think the time has now come to pull the plug and sign off. > > Not trying to be dramatic, just felt I should acknowledge the last 18 years > that I've been on the list interacting with so many people I respect so much > who generously took the time to share so much of their knowledge with a 'bye > and thanks for the memories!' post. > > So, bye and thanks for the memories! > > It's been a great pleasure. Good luck with whatever the future holds! > > DAN > > > >> On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 11:25 AM, Nicole Beeckmans-Jacqmain >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> i don't understand why so many users of softimage have , it seems from your >> posts here, >> turned to Maya, which, if less easy to understand, is yet positively >> evolving it's tools, that's why i say AD is good >> >> AD is something like a gentle farmer of the 3d tools. >> >> yet it is a US farmer, which means it is an industry. >> >> if users turn to Maya, it's from being 'encouraged' to do so by their bosses >> in the 3d industry >> >> now why has the industry faltered during the years 2000 between XSI and >> Maya, and finally chosen Maya, >> i might be given counter-argument to that, but I think ''Disney'' (who >> creates the standards, who is the most creative, being a big industrial >> farmer) >> got threatened by the upheaval from the underground which came along with >> non-''Disney'' actors, like the music video scenes and popularisation of >> nodes and mudboxes >> all over the planet, just in a time where it has been decided the Marvel DC >> comic should change the way Hollywood targets the whole planet. >> >> about Nasa, the Nazi scientists from defeated Germany went hired by Nasa in >> the rocket launchers competition against Stalin etc. >> >> (there is a famous underground cult-book by Thomas Pynchon who elaborates on >> the tight (sexual?) relation between US and Nazi, 'Gravity Rainbow. Laurie >> Anderson wanted to turn this book into an opera) >> >> given the destruction in Syria at this time, or for example in Vietnam >> before, and the industrial farms, and the roles of narratives and images in >> advertising and colonization of non-US realities, and arts, >> i think it is fair to say that i, poor individual, alone, not charismatic >> leader not wanting to influence anyone into my views, think that AD is a mix >> of good, and evil. >> >> it is good, because they can be helpful, and can be innovative, if your on >> the right side of their story, and even if not, because, at least up to this >> moment, >> Maya can be rented by middle class directors doing research in digital >> painting and 3D. yet, if nothing changes, if Trump gets re-elected in 2020, >> soon the best tools will only be available for those hired by the "Disney" >> farms, >> while poor individuals, non charismatic, will be given a text-to-speech >> processor and a facebook page to post memes. >> >> >> >> >> >> 2018-03-15 10:55 GMT+01:00 Morten Bartholdy <[email protected]>: >>> How is Nasa evil? >>> >>> AD is US corporate greed, perhaps not at its worst, but bad as they come. >>> >>> Morten >>> >>> >>> >>> > Den 14. marts 2018 klokken 12:47 skrev Nicole Beeckmans-Jacqmain >>> > <[email protected]>: >>> > >>> > >>> > I see AD a bit like the Nasa, it's a mix of good, and evil >>> > >>> > 2018-03-14 10:13 GMT+01:00 Mirko Jankovic <[email protected]>: >>> > >>> > > well once they take your money and lock you up in subscription and push >>> > > you to buy software that they think you need, then sure support is >>> > > there to >>> > > help you. >>> > > but just you try resisting.. ;) >>> > > >>> > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 10:11 AM, Morten Bartholdy >>> > > <[email protected]> >>> > > wrote: >>> > > >>> > >> I have absolutely!! no love for AD but I will chime in on this. We had >>> > >> stupid issues with getting our new Maya licenses working after >>> > >> upgrading >>> > >> FlexLM (the pile of crap) which was required for running newer Maya >>> > >> versions. >>> > >> >>> > >> I reported the issue and the next day a AD license support person >>> > >> actually called me on the phone and resolved the issue via remote >>> > >> support. >>> > >> >>> > >> The solution was horribly stupid and involved fixing windows files(!) >>> > >> but >>> > >> eventually it worked. A negative sideeffect was that now Softimage >>> > >> takes >>> > >> ages to start up (probably because it takes a long time to get licens >>> > >> granted) Grrrr >>> > >> >>> > >> I was surprised and pleased about the call, and it goes to show that >>> > >> not >>> > >> everything is bad at AD. It doesn't change my dislike of their >>> > >> corporate >>> > >> policies and software offerings though. Maya is still crap. >>> > >> >>> > >> Morten >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> > Den 12. marts 2018 klokken 20:02 skrev Sven Constable < >>> > >> [email protected]>: >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > just contacted ADSK support about the issue, that an old network >>> > >> > license >>> > >> > (softimage 2011) was not listed in my account. It was not listed for >>> > >> > several years btw and I didn't care but since I plan to move even the >>> > >> old >>> > >> > licenses to a new server, I contacted them via the online chat. >>> > >> > >>> > >> > Problem solved in minutes. 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