Maurice, "Well if there is someone to blame for that it was me not Autodesk"
I'm not sure what to say about that......are you falling on your sword to protect AD? I don't suppose protecting AD is even possible to us on the list....... I'm devastated by the loss of a software I've used for 20 years now, but I can only imagine how difficult it must be for those of you who have now lost their positions at Softimage....Mark S. Comes to mind. I wonder, having said that if you (AD) even understand the knock on effects of your decision, or even care. My well being and that of my family are being put in jeopardy by the demise of the vehicle that pays my bills. An expertise honed over decades. And for what? Because Soft is inferior? Hardly. Were it to make sense, from any perspective, it would be easier to take, but some off handed comment about "bifrost", and "we care about our customers" is on it's face just not true. That you are the sole heir of a position that makes you listen to us, the aggrieved, speaks not only to your strength, but to the cowardice of the management of AD. I'm sure you're a good man, many here have said so, but comments like the one you just made about it "being your fault", do you a dis-service and ignore the truth. With respect, John Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 14, 2014, at 8:05 PM, 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. > > > <winmail.dat>
