pzrite opened this issue on Aug 31, 2010 · 104 posts
bagginsbill posted Wed, 01 September 2010 at 9:17 PM
Quote - I think you are simplifying all the reasons
I should hope you think so. I'd be disappointed if my having said "(I'm really simplifying this here)" failed to make that clear. Did you even notice I said that?
Quote - and he never said that poser sucks.
When I read things like this I'm really confused by forum communication. Where did I say or even imply that Paolo said Poser sucks? I said that "you" (as in anybody) can get me to demonstrate a supposed impossibility with Poser simply by saying it's not possible, when I know it is.
Quote - Also all the pros and cons didn't fit under his business model so it wasn't financially feasible for him to do a Poser version.
Yes, well, that was something I explained in more detail the first time I responded to somebody making the observation that "a community project immediately springs up" in response to Reality. The project wasn't a response to Reality. The project was a response to Paolo saying there would not be a Reality exporter for Poser. That's quite a different thing.
As I said, if he had even given the slightest interest in pursuing it, I would have let him make his money with it. I have the luxury of making Poser tools and content for free, just because it's fun and being part of the community is fun.
Similarly, for a long time, when face_off's skin shaders were king, I did not publish any skin shader once I got close to the quality he was doing. It wasn't until he pretty much disappeared that I published a quality free skin shader. Had he stayed in the game, I would have let him make his money without needless competition.
Quote - As a person that needs to pay bills, I respect anyone that can find a niche for a business opportunity, create a plan and implement it on his own.
Yes and that's exactly the point I just made. If I think that my free stuff might compete with somebody's Poser content income, I don't publish it.
Quote - Many people in different areas do the same thing and we shouldn't him criticize him for something he may not think it is feasible for him.
Dude, where did I criticize him? I said he wasn't interested, so I moved, because I want to use LuxRender and I can't buy an exporter for Poser.
Weird.
Renderosity forum reply notifications are wonky. If I read a follow-up in a thread, but I don't myself reply, then notifications no longer happen AT ALL on that thread. So if I seem to be ignoring a question, that's why. (Updated September 23, 2019)