Sorry about your situation Stephen. :( Is Daniel Langlois aware that Autodesk is liquidating it's first success? You might say he sold it long ago and moved on but perhaps he would be mad to know that it's about to die a horrible death. Perhaps he has a few millions floating around and could buy Softimage back and put it on its feet. ;) Wish Softimage would be a standalone company like Luxologie(Modo).
From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Sutherland Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 8:14 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Friday Flashback I am going to be very honest with you Graham - this is probably going to be a turning point for some decision making to do with Softimage Software - I had Autodesk suits here one day crowing about how they had stopped their clients having access to the developers of the software - they insanely seemed to think it was a good idea and a good thing to do - someone like Stephen has kept the good name of Softimage alive and well in many studios including the one I work for now and before and without him I am pretty sure there are quite a few who would have got more than fed up with the negativity of Softimage/Autodesk or rather their apparent lack of interest in the wellbeing of Softimage and moved on. I am going to suggest to the users on this mailing list that this is now the time to collectively voice our complete dissaproval of the way Autodesk handle Softimage and in fact the way they handle any of their software - yes I do know about the shit that the Maya users go through - note my mention above of the suits and their idiotic ideas! Where and how can we complain before it gets to the point we we start looking at something like Houdini? S. _____________________________ Sandy Sutherland Technical Supervisor sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za<mailto:sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za> _____________________________ ________________________________ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com> [softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] on behalf of Graham Bell [graham.b...@autodesk.com] Sent: 31 August 2012 13:53 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Subject: RE: Friday Flashback Frankly no, the recent layoffs have affected many locations, divisions, and departments. No one in particular seems to have been singled out. For the record, I didn't like this news any more than anyone else. G From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com]<mailto:[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com]> On Behalf Of Rob Chapman Sent: 31 August 2012 12:36 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Subject: Re: Friday Flashback I wonder if this is the action of Mr. 'Mayalicious' Softimage's new product manager? I need a phone number or email address to complain to, this is a truly preposterous decision.