Wow.. Document is amazing.. On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 4:37 AM, Matt Lind <ml...@carbinestudios.com> wrote:
> Calling me out to respond will not close the vault ;-) > > > I'll respond later as there's an old document I have to dig up out of my > own vaults I want to reference that is fully relevant to this red document, > and probably lead to it's creation. > > > Matt > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Luc-Eric Rousseau > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 11:34 AM > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > Subject: My Friday Flashback.. 1999 Siggraph > > Someone early on joked about the Friday Flashback that soon we would be > posting fetus pictures of Softimage founder Daniel Langlois. > Actually, that would be hilarious. (although perhaps crossing a fine line > between nostalgia and creepy. but hilarious. ) > > Looking at my stash of old Softimage stuff, I've picked up one document > I'd like to share before closing this vault. > > It's called the "Siggraph '99 Rude Q&A". Softimage XSI 1.0 shipped in May > 2000. > Lots of Softimage people have actually never seen this document. > > The document was given to every Softimage employee going to Siggraph in > 1999 and is meant to tell you what to say when people angrily ask > about that damn vaporware called Sumatra. It's RED to remind you to > NOT read in the PLANE where evil competitors might read them over your > shoulder! Yep, at the time the plane was a fantastic place to learn about > what the others were doing (no joke). > > Old timers (Matt? ) will no doubt add a bunch of things they remembers > from way back when... let's just say that this document has its share of > spin, lies and fantasy about what the management thought what this > never-happened December version 1999 Sumatra would be. If you adopted XSI > around 4.0, when it started to work, you'll miss a lot of what's going on > here: Stuff like the full SDK, or python, would take years > to come/ Softimage XSI continued to ship with Softimage|3D in the > box for a few years. > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/28988416@N07/sets/72157631746578927/ > > -- Regards, Debdas Mohanty Fx Artist
