Problem is that by stripping parts from SI and patching them on already patched Maya is not making Maya better as there is no coherent workflow to connect all those good small patches ,and they are destroying perfectly fine Softimage so at the end getting nothing good from action. It is like buying Porsche or something similar, taking wheels, instruments and other parts and duck taping them on top of Yugo. It will never be Porsche ...
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Angus Davidson <angus.david...@wits.ac.za>wrote: > Xsi in the hands of Dassault would have been something, Adobe not so much > ;). AD bought it purely because ICE was such a threat. > > > > > > On 2014/03/18, 5:55 AM, "David Saber" <davidsa...@sfr.fr> wrote: > > >Maurice, > >Just one more question: couldn't you have realized that in 2008? Why buy > >Softimage if it's just to realize you don't have enough resource to > >develop it? > >Back in 2008 there were other companies willing to acquire Softimage and > >they would have kept developing it, not kill it. > >Shame. > >David > > > > > >On 2014-03-18 00:52, Maurice Patel wrote: > >> The answer to those three questions are so we can focus more of our > >>efforts on Maya and 3ds Max. > > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" > style="width:100%;"> > <tr> > <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" > size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication > is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and > destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this > communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised > signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the > University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message > may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal > views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and > opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All > agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South > African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. > </span></font></td> > </tr> > </table> > > >
