I feel the whole SoftImage scenario is having a different effect on the community compared to Life of Pi. A different impact, and hopefully one that will either catalyze some kind of change or at least provide awareness of software companies that actively utilize "buy and dissolve" tactics that destroy innovation and leave users cornered in the end.MauricioPC wrote:I don't know ... I have a feeling that people simply moved on. And that's sad ... Looks like nobody misses Softimage.Hirazi Blue wrote:Wonder if anybody will bother to make a documentary like that about Softimage...
When the plug is pulled on software... typically it falls under one of these categories:
- Poor marketing
- Poor planning
- Not enough funding for meaningful development
- Inability to address core user needs
- Inability to keep up with competitor(s)
- Market shift
Softimage falls under NONE of these categories. It produces profit, innovates, has a strong userbase and competes well in the marketplace... yet somehow none of these things matter to Autodesk. Having been curious about the reactions to this from the perspective of people who use other production packages... believe me we are all just as disgusted.
If a production package is going to cease development, I'd rather it be because the developers didn't do their job... or marketing wasn't up to par... or something that makes sense. This doesn't.