andrewe_665 opened this issue on Aug 05, 2009 · 101 posts
3DNeo posted Tue, 11 August 2009 at 3:53 PM
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A team of 7 programmers? And I bet they are all top notch. Adobe knows how to write software. They have been the industry standard software for years. In the spirit of solid stable program writing. e-on should be taking notes.
My guess is the Adobe re-write will take a lot of time. Because they want it to be stable and solid. I doubt very much you will see frequent bug occurrences if any. Because these guys know how to write good software from the start. And for give me Rich, but writing software is writing software. Sure cropping a photo is nothing like building a 3D landscape. But writing the code is not making the picture. It's building the tool to make the picture. Maybe you can see the difference? E-on does not have 7 programmers and the ones they have? Well we sure see a lot of bugs don’t we. If you do it right the first time you don’t have the problems that e-on ends up with on every single build.
Personally I will be very interested in the new improved Photo Shop. I know I will get what was advertised and what I paid for. And isn’t that what everyone wants?
Yes, Adobe is a well established company. Anyone would be foolish to say they aren't one of the top and most respected software companies in existence today. All one has to do is look at their WIKI for some brief details.
When they announced CS5 for the Mac will be 64 bit and FULLY re-written in Cocoa, it was nothing to read that 7 full time programmers are working on it. They have HUGE support and can put together a team that is second to none to get any job done they want.
Now, one can not expect a VERY small company like e-on to compete, but what they can do is write better code and give better support. If a company like Maxon that is small compared to a company like Adobe can do it right and re-write in Cocoa 64 bit then others should be able to with the right ownership and focus.
I am NOT down on e-on but rather hoping they will focus more their efforts and get better talent behind them. Either that or get bought out by a company such as Autodesk since they don't have a program like that in their current software suite. While Autodesk is not Adobe, they certainly have a lot more to throw at a program than e-on.
That said, I know e-on is not the only one like this as others such as Pixologic (ZBrush) have had their share of issues to that have been well documented on their own forum, at other sites and even in 3D World Magazine. They are FINALLY showing some signs of life recently after getting a bad reputation in the press, especially for their Mac support. There are some that LOVE ZBrush and are holding out hope like myself with e-on they do turn it around which they may.
Happy rendering,
Jeff
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