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On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Adam Sale <adamfs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Maurice, thanks for the reply, I can imagine how long your days must be > corresponding with people who are having a tough time understanding this > decision. Even after the initial emotion of the announcement has died down, > I think most people are still at a loss, even after all the explanations of > WHY? > > Yes, innovation does have a high failure rate, which is why you don't > chuck out the ONE proven technology in this area you are trying to innovate > in the HOPES that it takes hold and is a success. At the very least, you > don't throw it out UNTIL the new tech is proven. > > That IS putting all your eggs in one basket. > > You keep mentioning this idea of eggs in a basket, can't you see this is > exactly what you guys are doing? > > It's mind blowing the short sightedness in this whole debacle. > > I have been delving into Maya this last while since the announcement, and > its staggering how long in the tooth it is. Absolutely staggering. > > All this talk is just going in circles, endlessly. > Eventually this fever pitch will die down, and AD will be left with a lot > of pissed off, disgruntled, mistrusting customers, and an as of yet > unproven next gen tech. > That's not the way to conduct business, if you have the intention of > keeping and growing a client base. > > Even some of my most die hard Maya friends at big and small studios are > starting to SEE the big picture, and the image they report to me isn't > pretty. > > This has been an absolute PR nightmare right from the get go. > > On another note, I was sitting at YVR last year waiting for a flight to > Vegas for AU, and chatted with another guy next to me who happened to be > one of the lead devs for iRay. As we talked, I brought up that I was > presenting on Softimage ICE and if they ever had plans to implement iRay in > Soft. His attitude changed suddenly and he muttered that Softimage would be > dead within 2 years. According to him, he had been in high level talks with > people at AD and this was a certainty. I laughed it off, with a nervous > sort of chuckle, but his words sat with me. The disdain with which he spoke > of Soft was palpable. I think the perception of Soft as this annoying > little program that could, has been exacerbated in the years since the > takeover by the lack of openness and accountability from AD and the > products complete lack of visibility. The fact it was shoved into a dark > corner like Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing, guaranteed that there would be > little to no development from the majority of third party vendors. > > Adam > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Andre De Angelis < > andre.deange...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> "Just to put my words in context: innovation has a high failure rate in >> general" >> >> So do AD acquisitions it seems. >> >> > On 19 Mar 2014, at 6:14 am, Maurice Patel <maurice.pa...@autodesk.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Just to put my words in context: innovation has a high failure rate in >> general >> >> > -- www.johnrichardsanchez.com
