Page on Area, blogs and similar covering of recently finished high quality Softimage project hardly have any big affect on budget, only on time invested to put together page. Mentioning Softimage and showcasing successful productions, taking 10 minutes or so on booth were only was Maya and/or Max is also hardly big cost hit. Facebook articles and social networks as well.. it is not like anyone demanded full blown marketing campaign, anyway those days are over like years ago :) Remember this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuYjaaGl0r4
Who didn't now anything about Softimage could get more perspective that it is new addon and not full blown 3d app.. best one as well :) On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 1:05 AM, Maurice Patel <maurice.pa...@autodesk.com>wrote: > Well if there is someone to blame for that it was me not Autodesk. I ran > Product Marketing for M&E (recently moved into a new role) and we did focus > on ways to promote Softimage given our budgets and business priorities. It > was just not realistic to expect the same level of coverage given the sheer > volume of business driven by the other products. > > Maurice > > Maurice Patel > Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 > > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Paul Griswold > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 1:27 PM > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > Subject: Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer > > I suppose I should have phrased that "There has literally never been a > single public "champion" of Softimage at a decision-making level." > > Was there ever a SIGGRAPH, usergroup meeting, or anything of the sort > where anyone with any sort of authority at Autodesk called for more > exposure, more marketing, more anything for Softimage? > > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Bradley Gabe <witha...@gmail.com<mailto: > witha...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Since the day Autodesk bought Softimage, it's been one cruel joke. There > has literally never been a single "champion" of Softimage at a > decision-making level, right? It's been the red-headed step-child since > the moment of the acquisition. > > > I'm not sure this statement is entirely true. The senior VP of M&E at the > time of the purchase was Marc Petite, originally from Softimage and one of > the driving forces behind the early development of XSI. When he stepped > down not long ago, I believe he was replaced by Marc Stevens, the former > president of Softimage at the time of the acquisition. > > >
