Hi Andi,
Yes, I too was the recipient of one of those phone calls of which you speak.
Unfortunately, the person to whom I spoke gave me absolutely nothing
worthwhile to believe in - did yours?
Regards,
Tony
At 16:57 16/08/2005, you wrote:
I think this discussion has gone into a loop. We are pouring out angst but
the timing is off. Avid is ahead of us prepairing for the future and this
based on their beliefs and probably also on some of our bitching. Avid is
dependent on their customers and don't want to waste any of us. The
problem is that the development of DS took a wrong direction many years
ago and the resulting lack of new toolset is why we are worried today. I
honestly belive they do all they can to find the better track for their
top of the line product. It is just that this will take time and our
patience has worn low, and disbelif is spreading. I still belive that Avid
should adress this here in this community.
It isn't true that Avid has been silent on the issue. They haven´t, but
their voice has been put forward on a one to one level. Many of us have
recieved phonecalls from high ranking Avid people, explaining their
situation and asking about our views. The discussions are not meant for
this forum though because of the nature that "anybody can lurk here".
Basically what has been said is: we hear and we are trying to do something
about it. From here it's up to us to belive this or not dependent on how
well we can imagine ourselves within the Avid solution in the future.
I think it is only fair to everybody to at least share this little knowledge
Andi
John Heiser wrote:
Johnny,
That?s pretty much all we?ve been talking about since NAB, or even prior.
Frankly I?m growing weary of the discussion.
Each person?s crystal ball sees a different thing, but generally we all
agree that Avid can?t decide what DS is going to be, or at least they
won?t share it with the rest of us. NAB 2005 seemed to indicate Avid?s
pushing DS into the world of digital intermediate, to the detriment of
compositing, paint, editing, 3D and playing well with others, but unless
one is a Tewksbury insider, one can?t possibly know for sure what they?re
thinking (or IF they?re thinking). Users in highly-competitive markets
are understandably uneasy about their sizeable DS investments as
Autodiscreet and other developers continue, uh, developing their products
while DS sits in limbo. DS users in smaller shops or less-competitive
markets seem to feel like they we can continue with status quo in the
short term as our systems continue to make us money, though we certainly
see the system?s shortcomings and are disappointed as DS sits in limbo.
What most of us would like to see is minimally a firm display of
Avid?s direction for DS so we can make informed decisions about the
future. What most of us would like to see IDEALLY is a resumption of the
thoughtful, responsive, innovative development of a system which HAD a
great deal of potential (it?s still not too late) and about which we are
very passionate. If you want specifics, search the list archives at
http://www.softimage.com/Community/Xsi/Discuss/
and search on the phrase ?wish list.? It?s a pretty long list.
____________________________
John Heiser
Avid DS Editor
o2ideas
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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*From:* owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] *On Behalf
Of *Johnathan Blair
*Sent:* Tuesday, August 16, 2005 9:23 AM
*To:* DS(at)Softimage.COM
*Subject:* AVID DS and future
There seems to be a lot of assumptions on the future of DS
What is the general feeling here on the Future of DS and what would you
like to see happen in the future?
Johnny
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Andi Loor
www.andiloor.se
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