I think I know who that was etc. And in some ways I agree with them in some part, but not in others.
From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Sutherland Sent: 31 August 2012 14:04 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Friday Flashback Cannot remember their name Graham - was about 2 years ago - they came to Triggerfish when they were in Cape Town - they were certainly from the Maya side of things, and made a lot of effort to tell me how they were going out of their way (As Autodesk policy) to stop people such as myself having any possiblity of getting in touch with Dev people like Stephen - they seemed to think that having people such as myself talk to the devs - DISTRACTED THEM - their exact words. I did tell them at the time it was exactly because of the accessibility of Softimage people to ourselves that we found Softimage to be the most Awesome tool of all time, as we could help to get stuff fixed and it was because of the awesome people at softimage that it worked so well.......I found it was like talking to a blank wall with those suits - was the first time I was truly scared for the future of Softimage, and I have avoided getting into the discussions before about lack of any effort from AD side to do with Soft - but this to me is the final straw! If it would help to know who those guys actually were, let me know and I can contact Touchvision and find out who they were? S. _____________________________ Sandy Sutherland Technical Supervisor sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za<mailto:sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za> _____________________________ ________________________________ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] on behalf of Graham Bell [graham.b...@autodesk.com] Sent: 31 August 2012 14:51 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Friday Flashback I agree Sandy. I'd love to know who those 'suits' were and I don't agree with them, but then different industries operate in different ways. Email me privately if you wish. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Sutherland Sent: 31 August 2012 13:14 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 [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 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] On Behalf Of Rob Chapman Sent: 31 August 2012 12:36 To: 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.
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