Chris, this is fairly rude. It is also degrading to call people's concerns
about money 'whining.' I'm a foundation user, may or may not upgrade, and not
a whiner. But different people have different goals and resources.
Softimage can charge whatever they like. I think the software is well worth
the upgrade price. I thought the original $495 was a steal. Now, the real
question folks have to ask is it worth it to them?
I agree that pricing discussions can get a bit crazy, and this will be my last
post on the subject, but please, a little consideration would help.
Michael
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Tuesday, August 2, 2005, 8:55:53 AM, you wrote:
Marshall> I'm thinking maybe there should be a discussion list for Only
Marshall> Foundations users, and one for Advanced and Essentials users Only! They
Marshall> can whine on all they like then.
Marshall> Heath wrote:
>> I don't know how much whining you guys saw before 3Democracy, but now
>> that Softimage has made XSI available to the masses, I'm afraid that
>> this whining will drone on... XSI drew a lot of people from programs
>> like truespace, carrera, poser, etc, and I can tell you that whining
>> was a way of life for them there.
>> The same people that complained that the advanced rigs and Texture
>> Layer Editor weren't included in Foundation are now complaining
>> because it costs money to upgrade to the next version (which now
>> includes those two items).
>>
>> I don't think that the whiners consider the fact that Softimage
>> probably didn't have to re-license Mental Ray for a .2 upgrade, but
>> probably had to for the 3.3 to 3.4 upgrade. That can't be cheap, and
>> Softimage can't be making much on Foundation in the first place. So
>> let me thank Softimage for making this tool available to us at such a
>> low price!
>>
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