its my impression that the well known 'Chinese whispers' effect of Autodesk saying "no more reduced update prices after 2015 for subscriptions to Maya, 3D max, Softimage etc"
being translated as "no more updates for Softimage after 2015" who said the latter exactly and when..? :) On 27 February 2014 21:51, Jordi Bares <jordiba...@gmail.com> wrote: > True, we should not loose focus but the conversation spiralled out of the > new Upgrade policy and how AD upcoming 2015 version will signal what is > going on. > > On the contrary to what may be understood by some comments I made I love > Softimage but it will be a turning point for me to see what Autodesk have > been doing and what the new model brings. > > Jordi Bares > jordiba...@gmail.com > > On 27 Feb 2014, at 21:45, Matt Lind <ml...@carbinestudios.com> wrote: > > Who says Softimage 2015 is the last version? Do you always make business > decisions on rumor? I don’t think anybody outside of Autodesk actually > knows the plan, and based on past history, doesn’t sound like many in > Autodesk, other than a select few, know either. > > Nothing wrong with looking around to check your options and see what else > is available, but taking actions based on street rumors is rather > premature. I think people are getting a little over worried and doing > exactly what Autodesk would hope you would do by flocking to Maya. In > essence, the very thing people have been digging their heels in to protect > the past few years is the very thing you’re selling out by over reacting. > > Again, not suggesting you shouldn’t weigh whatever options you need to > weigh and investigate to protect your business interests, but let’s keep > grounded in reality. > > > Matt > > > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage- > boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Adam Sale > *Sent:* Thursday, February 27, 2014 12:59 PM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: new upgrade policy > > > I reupped on my subscription last month. Acting on the premise that 2015 > will be the last version of softimage, I hope autodesk will throw us sub > customers a bone and allow us to transfer our subcriptions over to maya > without having to purchase the entire package. > > That would be the honorable thing to do and would go a long way towards > building some goodwill towards our user base, which deserves better > treatment than the way things have been handled so far. > > Adam > On Feb 27, 2014 10:54 AM, "Tim Crowson" <tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com> > wrote: > > It was ironic.... the Japanese word for 'future'.... > -Tim > On 2/27/2014 12:47 PM, olivier jeannel wrote: > > Remember Mirai ? > http://www.izware.com/mirai/ > > At least they have their own website... > > > Le 27/02/2014 19:38, Bradley Gabe a écrit : > > Remember when Fox canceled Futurama? Family Guy? > > > > -- > > > > >
