Maya is the VHS of the CG world! Well, we are now in the digital world. Too bad AD wants to throw out the digital downloads and DVD's of today in favor of going back to VHS...
On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 7:46 AM, Rob Wuijster <r...@casema.nl> wrote: > The thing is, like VHS, AutoCAD became a standard. > > Nowadays there are plenty CAD applications out there running circles > around AutoCAD..... > > > Rob > > \/-------------\/----------------\/ > > On 8-3-2014 11:35, Andre De Angelis wrote: > > *Cheers AD CEOs, you fucked it up big time* > > > Yes, AD should have stuck to the only thing they have ever understood. > CAD. They always were and will always be a CAD company. > > > On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 8:57 AM, Nicolas Esposito <3dv...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Agree,personal attacks to someone who's not responsable of the entire >> situation is just wrong >> I can understand how pissed off you are (and here a lot of people are >> pissed off) but right now this ia the situation,so better deal with it or >> be angry for the next two years >> >> AD showed that they rather push their "old" softwares instead of >> Softimage,and we all know how advanced this software is (not for >> everything,but we all know it ) >> >> I do not want anyone to loose their job,but in this case I really hope >> that AD will receive a huge hit in subscriptions and l'ora of developers >> switch to other companies,because this is a really really bad decision >> >> I hoped that they would keep up Softimage at least as a VFX tool (because >> of ICE) and push it for game development (which is widely used inside big >> game developers ),but no,they "create" Maya Lite for that....while >> Softimage (since release 7?) have already lots of tools for game >> development.... >> >> Cheers AD CEOs, you fucked it up big time >> Il 07/mar/2014 22:44 "Mihai Iliuta" <mihai...@gmail.com> ha scritto: >> >> You are listening?? >>> >>> Ok, listen to your own bullshit: >>> >>> "The first is to flatly call out that the rumor that the eol of >>> Softimage and 3dsmax is upon us is totally false." >>> >>> "Cory Mogk is now also responsible for Softimage and we have been >>> working with the team on the future of the product with lots of key >>> customers." >>> >>> "We understand people make their living from this software and that they >>> make huge decisions about their projects and companies and we take that >>> responsibility very seriously." >>> >>> "Again the door is open to contact us or challenge us. Please let >>> everyone you know their products are safe." >>> >>> >>> So today, we can safely say you are a lying piece of shit. You have no >>> dignity, you have no character, and you have no word. I can't imagine any >>> developer feeling any pride anymore working for you or this fucked up >>> company. What you have done here and HOW you've done it, is irreparable and >>> you and your company is from now on going downhill. You expect anybody to >>> ever trust you or your company again? Is that worth anything for a >>> business? It's worth everything. >>> >>> Nobody finds it in the least suspicious why SI was killed now? When the >>> whole community around SI and the nr of independent developers working >>> developing tools for it was at an all time high??? >>> >>> I don't know when you lost your balls and your word Mr. Vienneau, but >>> "good luck" regaining both. >>> >>> Piece of shit. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:05 PM, Perry Harovas >>> <perryharo...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> While Dan's heart is breaking (and so is mine), I still have (at least) >>>> one nagging question: >>>> >>>> Clearly this has been under discussion for a while at Autodesk, so >>>> why were the following comments >>>> from September 5th of 2012 made: >>>> >>>> *"The rumor that the EOL of Softimage and 3DS Max is upon us is >>>> totally false."* >>>> >>>> So, if I understand this correctly, what I get out of it is that when >>>> Autodesk assures customers that their product is not on the chopping block, >>>> that statement is really only good for about a year and a half (less if >>>> you take into account that this EOL must have been decided a while back). >>>> >>>> That doesn't imbue anyone with much confidence. I am not a 3DS Max >>>> user, but if I was, I think I'd be worried, and would take any Autodesk >>>> assurances that there was no reason to worry >>>> with a very large grain of salt. >>>> >>>> Can someone please, finally, address this? >>>> >>>> Thank you >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Tim Crowson < >>>> tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks Chris! And thanks as well for the update to the licensing >>>>> terms. That's a big deal. >>>>> -Tim >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 3/7/2014 2:14 PM, Dan Pejril wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Good to know you are listening. >>>>> >>>>> If you listen closely, you can heart my heart breaking.... >>>>> >>>>> On 3/7/2014 3:01 PM, Chris Vienneau wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>> >>>>> I just want to let you know there are people from the maya dev and pm >>>>> teams coming online to this forum but we are shipping software and >>>>> answering a lot of calls but the mails you are writing are being passed >>>>> back and forth as they are coming at a furious pace. Stay tuned for some >>>>> answers and we plan on doing some private webinars under NDA for soft >>>>> users >>>>> to ask questions direct to us. Anyone interested in such a thing please >>>>> write me a private mail at chris.vienn...@autodesk.com >>>>> <mailto:chris.vienn...@autodesk.com> <chris.vienn...@autodesk.com> . >>>>> >>>>> Thx. >>>>> >>>>> Cv/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Perry Harovas >>>> 203-448-7206 >>>> Animation and Visual Effects >>>> >>>> http://www.TheAfterImage.com <http://www.theafterimage.com/> >>>> >>>> -24 years experience >>>> -Co-Author of "Mastering >>>> Maya"<http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Maya-Complete-Perry-Harovas/dp/0782125212> >>>> -Member of the Visual Effects Society >>>> (VES)<http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/> >>>> >>> >>> > > > -- > Andre De Angelis > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4335 / Virus Database: 3722/7167 - Release Date: 03/07/14 > > > -- Perry Harovas 203-448-7206 Animation and Visual Effects http://www.TheAfterImage.com <http://www.theafterimage.com/> -24 years experience -Co-Author of "Mastering Maya"<http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Maya-Complete-Perry-Harovas/dp/0782125212> -Member of the Visual Effects Society (VES)<http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/>
