HoYoYo opened this issue on Jun 25, 2003 · 33 posts
milamber42 posted Thu, 26 June 2003 at 7:39 PM
Mclean,
Interpretations (and opinions) vary :) Did I say that DAZ|Studio was vaporware? No. As you correctly quoted, I said "the term vaporware comes to mind :)". There is a difference, in my opinion. :-)
And DAZ being tight-lipped has caused some people [like me :)] to be a little anxious. They showed us Studio in November -- over 6 months ago. And their press release at that time ( http://www.daz3d.com/pages/dp/press/press_releases/dazstudio.html ) states the following:
"No price or release date has been announced, though DAZ projects to have DAZ|Studio completed by mid 2003."
The original product information page (http://www.daz3d.com/products/studio-announce.html) stated the following schedule:
Anticipated Stages of program completion::
· Limited alpha
· Public beta, Mimic® 2.0 available for sale
· 2nd beta release, Lightwave 3D® and 3ds max® Plug-ins available
· DAZ|Studio Basic 1.0
· Gradual addition of Studio plug-ins with advanced features
[Schedule subject to change]
And the current schedule (dated January 31, 2003), is posted above. Since we are at mid-year, it would not hurt DAZ if they gave the communities an update. And showing us some sample renders would not hurt either ;-)
Cheers!
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