Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-15 Thread Doeke Wartena
; ran Product Marketing for M&E (recently moved into a new role) and we did > focus on ways to promote Softimage given our budgets and business > priorities. It was just not realistic to expect the same level of coverage > given the sheer volume of business driven by the other products. >

Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-15 Thread Bk
> > coverage given the sheer volume of business driven by the other products. > > > > > > Maurice > > > > > > Maurice Patel > > > Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 > > > > > > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com

Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-15 Thread Tenshi Sama
st not realistic to expect the same level of coverage > given the sheer volume of business driven by the other products. > > > > > > Maurice > > > > > > Maurice Patel > > > Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 > > > > > > From: softimage

Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-14 Thread Morten Bartholdy
: Tél: 514 954-7134 > > > > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Paul Griswold > > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 1:27 PM > > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > > Subject: Re: Re[2]: A more gracef

Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-14 Thread John Clausing
of business driven by the other products. > > Maurice > > Maurice Patel > Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 > > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com > [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Paul Griswold > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 1:2

Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-14 Thread Mirko Jankovic
514 954-7134 > > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Paul Griswold > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 1:27 PM > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > Subject: Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer >

RE: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-14 Thread Maurice Patel
mage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer I suppose I should have phrased that "There has literally never been a single public "champion" of Softimage at a decision-making level." Was there ever a SIGGRAPH, usergroup meeting, or anything o

Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Bradley Gabe
Not really. Which is why my top 5 list for Alastair would have been something like: -Chinny -Halfdan -Ronald -Schoennagel -Jen -etc... On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Paul Griswold < pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com> wrote: > I suppose I should have phrased that "There has literally nev

Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Paul Griswold
I suppose I should have phrased that "There has literally never been a single public "champion" of Softimage at a decision-making level." Was there ever a SIGGRAPH, usergroup meeting, or anything of the sort where anyone with any sort of authority at Autodesk called for more exposure, more marketi

Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Chris Marshall
Was wondering where your voice was Brad! On 13 March 2014 17:21, Bradley Gabe wrote: > >> Since the day Autodesk bought Softimage, it's been one cruel joke. There >> has literally never been a single "champion" of Softimage at a >> decision-making level, right? It's been the red-headed step-c

Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Bradley Gabe
> > > Since the day Autodesk bought Softimage, it's been one cruel joke. There > has literally never been a single "champion" of Softimage at a > decision-making level, right? It's been the red-headed step-child since > the moment of the acquisition. > > I'm not sure this statement is entirely tr

Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Paul Griswold
Unfortunately it doesn't seem like Autodesk had any idea who Softimage users even are before making the decision to take away our main tool. It's been said over and over again. If we felt Maya or Max were the best tool for the job, we'd buy it. But there are dozens and dozens of reasons why Maya