I is like every time with XSI:
They have the beta, then they have the pre-release test cycle, there is a release date and a shipping date. I think the release date
is planned half a year before that release date. Often they can't guarantee this date. A lot of bugs is found at the end. Including
new features is faster than getting all bugs. (have the same problem, I never mentioned an official release date, but I could
release it to my "internal" release date )
Take a look at Fusion. They announced Fusion 5 at siggraph 2004!
Tehy have said that fusion will be released in the next time, "everyone that buys Fusion 4 after siggraph 04, gets a free update to
Fusion 5.
This year at the siggraph they have puplished a *shipping* date on 31. Aug.
Yesterday they have send an information mail, that they are working on it. It would be possible to order fusion 5 this/next week,
but no shipping date...
I can't wait to use XSI 5.0, but the less bugs, the better. Lot of new features to test.
Holger Schönberger
technical director
The day has 24 hours, if that does not suffice, I will take the night
|> -----Original Message-----
|> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
|> [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of André Adam
|> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 6:11 PM
|> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
|> Subject: Re: XSI 5.0 in SEPTEMBER ????
|>
|> This probably works like with any other software release,
|> meaning that
|> they stop implementing new features one or two months
|> before the planned
|> release date and continue to fix bugs they introduced with the new
|> features implemented so far until the software appears to
|> be stable and
|> production ready. Softimage in particular can do so nearly
|> until release
|> date because they distribute XSI via web download. So,
|> yes, in case a
|> download link doesn't appear on softimage.com within the
|> next few days,
|> XSI 5 can very well still be "unfinished" in this sense.
|>
|> -André
|>
|> Josh One wrote:
|>
|> >i don't know much about the production/distribution of
|> applications such
|> >as xsi or other large package, but is it possible at this
|> point that the
|> >product - xsi5 - is unfished? i figured that at this
|> point they would be
|> >having copies made and packaging everything up. when do
|> they actually
|> >"stop" typing code for the release you think? weeks before, months
|> >before? i am sure they are still typing code for the next
|> features and
|> >fixes, but i mean for this major release.
|> >
|> >
|> >
|> >Robert Martinu wrote:
|> >
|> >
|> >
|> >>Daniel Fortin wrote:
|> >>
|> >>
|> >>
|> >>>I remember someone posting XSI 5.0 will be out in
|> septermber. This
|> >>>morning IT'S september :)
|> >>>
|> >>>
|> >>
|> >>They'll give it to us when they feel the time is right :)
|> >>
|> >>Withholding it wouldn't serve a purpose, and releasing
|> an unfinished
|> >>product a few days early wouldn't make us (long
|> term-)happy either ;)
|> >>
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