https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTv1Dmu5CYc&t=0m33s
On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 8:30 PM, David Saber <davidsa...@sfr.fr> wrote: > I read all these threads and the general feeling I get is: people are > accepting what's happening... But didn't we accept too much since 2008? > > AD acquisition, AD not promoting Softimage, AD kicking Softimage's > original developers: for all these slaps, we grumbled then we accepted. Now > AD kills Softimage: we grumble then we accept! We're even helping AD to > improve Maya! > > The last request to AD from our community is to keep Softimage half alive > with some small fixes from time to time. I have a question for those who > requested it: if AD grants you that, and if Softimage becomes a stagnant > living dead app, will you be happy? Will you thank AD for that? > > Now AD says with some workflow ideas from Softimage, the future of Maya is > bright (click). Do you buy it? Can they do it? A true nonlinear workflow? A > modern GUI where everything is drag and droppable? A render region? An > explorer so complete? A true animation mixer? > > If Ad asks you to leave your young beautiful wife, and choose your fat > ugly mother in law instead, would you accept? > > Why not keeping Softimage's development instead! It already has a solid > ground for improvements. When V7 came out and ICE was making a lot of buzz, > who in this community would have thought our software of choice (and us) > would head for this situation? It's like XSI was an orphan child, adopted > by some cold, silent parents, who do not understand his talent or even his > culture. They see no use for him so they kill him. > > Enough! Screw the fifth stage of grief! Acceptance? What AD is doing is > NOT acceptable. Everyone should go back to stage 2: RAGE. I'd just like to > see more fighting spirit here. Something should be possible to stop this > madness and to bring XSI back to the time it was dazzling everyone. The > open letters and Pooby's project are great initiatives. These days I'm > contacting all my friends to ask them to sign the petition. Perhaps I'm > unrealistic, but I can't let XSI die without a fight. > > David >
