Wait what? Somebody please let Matt know his email account has been hacked.
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Matt Lind <ml...@carbinestudios.com> wrote: > Looking at the replies I get in support as well as overall trend in world > business, I’d say a lot of the product development is moving to Asia.**** > > ** ** > > Cheaper labor allows more developers to be hired for the same budget. > Given that Softimage has a smaller market share compared to it’s siblings, > they’re probably not going to get much in the way budget increases to fund > new developments until they come up with something really genius to turn > the market share in their favor. But that’ll have to come in the results > before the funding would be granted. I don’t see that happening, therefore > they have to be more creative with the dollars they have. It’s kind of > like salary caps in pro sports. Do you go with high-priced veterans and > free agents, or do you build from the farm and draft picks? The answer is > to use a good mix.**** > > ** ** > > Overall it’s not a bad thing as more bodies allows more issues to be > addressed that have been piling up due to the cutbacks Avid made on > Softimage staff over the years. In some instances that could be healthy > because a fresh perspective to old problems may be able to do something to > improve the fortunes of the product. While it’s always nice to have long > seasoned veterans around who know the innermost workings of the product, > too much can stifle development because they get caught in particular > thought patterns and ways of doing things that may hold the product back. > It’s human nature. Not saying that happened in this case, just saying in > the general case.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Matt**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Alex > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 17, 2012 8:03 AM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Softimage development**** > > ** ** > > I am really sorry for starting another one of the post but was just > wondering what was going on with the current development of Softimage now > that Lu-Eric and Guillaume Laforge have both jumped ship to the Maya team > now. **** > ** ** >
