Re: [OT] dynamite v1.1

["adrian" <adrian.wyer(at)fluid-pictures.com>]

$100 was an arbitrary figure
to be honest, (and seeing as it's my company it's my money i'd be spending!) 
i would fork over
$1000 in a second, for a halfway decent fluid sim in xsi (site license of 
course) and not really expect any support
as long as it was documented well enough for us to muddle through
i mean, one job where the tool worked would have paid for it....

a
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "kim aldis" <kim(at)aldis.org.uk>
To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 11:18 AM
Subject: RE: [OT] dynamite v1.1


> For xsi in particular the market is limited and it's not so easy to sell
> tools for it at a profitable price. Consider your $100 example, think 
> about
> how much you might want to make from it to make it worth while for the 
> time
> spent on it. Supposing you say $5000 is a worthwhile return. You'd need to
> sell 500 units. You might sell 500 units but I think you'd be up at the
> limit of what you could sell.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On
> > Behalf Of adrian
> > Sent: 04 July 2006 11:03
> > To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> > Subject: Re: [OT] dynamite v1.1
> >
> > i agree....
> > over the years i have repeatedly said to anyone that would listen (and
> > a few that wouldn't) that 'we' the users would rather have a half
> > assed, badly intergrated tool, than NO TOOL AT ALL!
> >
> > i give you Maya ocean as an example, ropey piece of code, limited use,
> > too many badly documented controls but one time in 10 it WORKS, and
> > that time is worth the effort, heartache and frustration of the other 9
> > times!
> >
> > while people sit on their high horses and preach about integration and
> > interoperability, some guy in his bedroom writes a fluid sim for maya
> > (which already has one!) and sellls it, even though it's not a great
> > piece of code, it plugs a gap, fills a niche etc....
> >
> > also, if someone released a 'poorly' developed addon, there is the
> > chance of people whinging about it's usefullness.... but like you said,
> > if it forces bigger manufacturers hand's, to release something better,
> > then it seems like a great idea!!
> >
> > a
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Stefano Jannuzzo" <stefanojannuzzo(at)tiscali.it>
> > To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 10:47 AM
> > Subject: Re: [OT] dynamite v1.1
> >
> >
> > > You see, these kind of tools are fun to do for a production, where
> > > talented td's give you in advance the limitations the software can
> > have.
> > > Turning them into a commercial product can become a nightmare.
> > > I've seen it all already. Today the cheapness of softwares is good
> > for the
> > > users, but it killed the 3rd party developers.
> > > And I'm sure, should we release (in case we 'might'), the day after
> > Soft
> > > would come up with its own.
> > > (In fact, that would be a good reason itself to release it. When
> > you've
> > > been waiting for the bus for ages, you light up a cigarette, and
> > there the
> > > bus comes).
> > > S
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "adrian" <adrian.wyer(at)fluid-pictures.com>
> > > To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 11:00 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [OT] dynamite v1.1
> > >
> > >
> > >> so if it was done again, with slightly different code, perhaps, it
> > could
> > >> 'maybe' be something
> > >> that 'might' be released as an addon, for say, oooh $100 a pop?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> maybe?
> > >>
> > >> hmm?
> > >>
> > >> a
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: "Stefano Jannuzzo" <stefanojannuzzo(at)tiscali.it>
> > >> To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
> > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 9:05 AM
> > >> Subject: Re: [OT] dynamite v1.1
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> Yes, it was done for AS, 2 years ago, out of the Fedkiw-Stam-Jensen
> > >>> article and some free code available.
> > >>> Stefano
> > >>>
> > >
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