Marc Petit joins Exocortex

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Marc Petit joins Exocortex

Post by Hirazi Blue » 30 Jan 2014, 19:06

"Marc Petit joins Exocortex as an advisor and investor"
And we are pleased to announce that one of the titans of the 3D creation industry has joined Exocortex as both an advisor and investor. Marc Petit is a former Senior VP of Autodesk who ran their Media and Entertainment division for years and was intimately involved in the development of Softimage, 3DS Max and Maya. Marc is one of the most insightful and respected veteran executives in the industry.
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Re: Marc Petit joins Exocortex

Post by McNistor » 30 Jan 2014, 21:06

Nice catch! What will this mean for Softimage if anything? Most likely nothing, but a nice piece of info nonetheless.
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Post by EricTRocks » 31 Jan 2014, 00:17

Not a golden touch for sure, but he has a good amount of connections and money to invest in companies that are pushing things forward and not just the same old same old. I don't think things are much better for Softimage without him,

especially with the recent news being passed around... <-- Please disregard as it is an unconfirmed rumor.
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Re: Marc Petit joins Exocortex

Post by McNistor » 31 Jan 2014, 01:14

It looks as though he's laying bets. :)
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Post by EricTRocks » 31 Jan 2014, 01:56

Smart ones too!
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Re: Marc Petit joins Exocortex

Post by luceric » 31 Jan 2014, 02:29

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Re: Marc Petit joins Exocortex

Post by EricTRocks » 31 Jan 2014, 02:33

Not a golden touch for sure, but he has a good amount of connections and money to invest in companies that are pushing things forward and not just the same old same old. I don't think things are much better for Softimage without him, especially with the recent news being passed around...
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Re: Marc Petit joins Exocortex

Post by angus_davidson » 31 Jan 2014, 09:32

EricTRocks wrote:Not a golden touch for sure, but he has a good amount of connections and money to invest in companies that are pushing things forward and not just the same old same old. I don't think things are much better for Softimage without him, especially with the recent news being passed around...
Okay ill bite, as its cold and rainy and generally miserable today. Recent news ?
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Re: Marc Petit joins Exocortex

Post by McNistor » 31 Jan 2014, 10:09

angus_davidson wrote:Recent news ?
It's being rumored AD will discontinue Softimage after v.2015.

I'm just kidding, I have no idea what he's referring to.
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Re: Marc Petit joins Exocortex

Post by angus_davidson » 31 Jan 2014, 10:13

McNistor wrote:
angus_davidson wrote:Recent news ?
It's being rumored AD will discontinue Softimage after v.2015.

I'm just kidding, I have no idea what he's referring to.
Hopefully they get a decent unix installer into Si first ;)
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Re: Marc Petit joins Exocortex

Post by Hirazi Blue » 31 Jan 2014, 19:23

EricTRocks wrote:with the recent news being passed around...
I am intrigued at what "recent news" you mean.
Could you please elaborate, as you talk of "news" not "rumors"?
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Re: Marc Petit joins Exocortex

Post by EricTRocks » 31 Jan 2014, 19:41

I probably shouldn't have made that statement in a public arena as it is not able to be confirmed. My apologies.

None the less, without Marc Petit at Autodesk, Softimage isn't fairing any better.
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Re: Marc Petit joins Exocortex

Post by jamination » 31 Jan 2014, 20:18

Eric,

the source must be pretty good for you to post it here, as I know you hate these sort of threads, either that or you have been worn down like the rest of us.
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Re: Marc Petit joins Exocortex

Post by Bullit » 31 Jan 2014, 22:47

There was a post in Softimage mailing list. It wasn't first time that person wrote something like that.
None the less, without Marc Petit at Autodesk, Softimage isn't fairing any better.
I think Petit was instrumental in buying Softimage from Avid. In 2012 he gets out. Softimage 2012 released in 2011 was the last great release. I think there was an ServicePack -Extension at that time too. The last one.

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Re: Marc Petit joins Exocortex

Post by Mathaeus » 01 Feb 2014, 16:36

Maybe it's not time for stupid analogy, but... for me, Softimage story remains to kind of long running nuclear power plant. Not that much of influence in everyday life, but what's accumulated during all these years, nobody know. What will happen when it comes to decommission, nobody knows too.
All what someone can do is to stay away, and that's what mister from original post is actually doing, imho.

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Re: Marc Petit joins Exocortex

Post by Eugen » 02 Feb 2014, 12:04

Here we go, again and again. Nothing's like a good rumour, ey...? As has been said: would be the dumbest mistake Autodesk ever made.
Maybe then there's some Edward-Snowden-like character in the Singapore office who grabs the sourcecode and spreads it all over the internet... ha! I would smash a church window to be able to have a peek...
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