On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Jonah Friedman <jon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For myself, I just want to be heading in a direction of somewhere I > actually want to be. When I think of spending the next 5 years maintaining > a pile of python to make render layers barely work, I just want to cry. And > all of that just to take a massive step backwards. I really just can't. > > The alternative of open collaboration between studios to build something > *good* is not only an alternative to despair, it's actually amazingly > exciting. I absolutely can't wait to start using and contributing to a > project like this. So many studios suddenly find themselves in this > situation now, with real urgency. This is a massive opportunity. Like > Stephan just said, if this isn't the right moment, I don't know what is. > > I hope the studio proprietors agree. All of you guys on-list at studios that can contribute to this, brush up your convince-the-owner skills! In all seriousness, is there someone on-list who can put together a convincing and share-able (i.e. not revealing any proprietary business data) business case? Maybe based on time and money lost by NOT taking this opportunity?
