DAY 2: DAZ Acquisition - Page 4 - Polyloop

Sardtok · 27th April 2006, 23:51

Hey I originally posted this on the Questions and Answers thread,
part of it has been answered, especially the part about the Hex team, that the European team might stay even after the release of 2.1, this will give the US team better time to familiarize themselves with the code for a subsequent take over of the Hex development.

The one thing I don't like about DAZ is the website, and I wish the Eovia website could've stayed, kind of like when it was a TGS company.
I really liked the Eovia website, it was nice, had a sleek design, worked well, was even well-integrated with this site (although I don't visit here much, had to stop by to check out the merger discussion)...
But I guess this would be difficult if Eovia Europe kept the name...

Who will continue to develop Hexagon?
People from the Carrara team?
Are they familiar with the Hexagon code?
These things are important issues to me, as I'd like to see continued development kept up to the current speed...
Familiarising oneself with someone elses code, even when you know the principals of it, takes time,
and it takes even longer if you are going to take a set of two teams, remove one, and now one team is going to code two products...
Now I guess you'll be bringing in new people too, (and I guess these would be DAZ people first and foremost), so speed might not slow down that much, but I'd still like to know.

Thanks.

Sardtok · 27th April 2006, 23:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by marcovth

I expect that a large German, Spanish, Russian, Chinese community is using these programs as well.

Well there are at least several Japanese people (there's even an own Japanese forum for Carrara)...

marcovth · 27th April 2006, 23:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sardtok

Well there are at least several Japanese people (there's even an own Japanese forum for Carrara)...

Forgive me !

schuubars · 28th April 2006, 00:06

Come on, it was not as serious meant as you may think.

Besides that i can't read/speak french as nearly good as my 2 year older sister, hmm well wait a moment, what i say nearly...more like nothing.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Piem

Pardonnez moi..je suis trés maladroit

hexabon · 28th April 2006, 00:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan Farr

That is why we have provided to those customers who have pre-orded Hex 2 products that are valued at more than what they paid for the upgrade (essentially paying them to take the software).

For customers who recently took the offer to buy Hexagon with a free upgrade to 2, is there going to be any bonus offered to us?

I only bought Hexagon one month ago, for $199 - I would've pre-ordered Hexagon 2 instead had I known about the $100 voucher!

Thanks.

schuubars · 28th April 2006, 00:15

hehe .... happens. ;)

I am a loyal customer?
I own 2 licenses of Hex, but only one upgradet to Hex2(with C5), and in the worst case i have to wait a few days for Hex2 to download, now that is irony. =)

pfontaine2 · 28th April 2006, 01:10

Should I have received an e-mail from DAZ by now regarding my Hex2 upgrade? It seems that it was to be released today, though I haven't heard anything official, just word on the forums. I preordered the Hexagon1 to Hexagon2 upgrade.

Just curious.
Pierre

DanRoberts · 28th April 2006, 02:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by pfontaine2

Should I have received an e-mail from DAZ by now regarding my Hex2 upgrade? It seems that it was to be released today, though I haven't heard anything official, just word on the forums. I preordered the Hexagon1 to Hexagon2 upgrade.

Just curious.
Pierre

Looks like there has been a small delay due to a problem with the e-mail blast server in france ... they say it will be fixed by the morning paris time. The download server is ready to go .... its just the server that sends out the email with the DL links.

pfontaine2 · 28th April 2006, 02:17

Thanks very much and I look forward to something in the mail sometime tomorrow hopefully!

BTW, I've had nothing but good service from DAZ. We purchased some of their models a year ago for a project at work, which would not function with our older version of Poser. They gladly honored their 30 day moneyback guarentee and refunded out money. I thought that was pretty cool since they could only rely on my honesty to uninstall the file I purchased upon receipt of the refund. I was so impressed, I sent them a nice thank you note.

I have to say, Eovia have been wonderful also, with regards to customer service. I hope the two companies do many wonderful things together in the future. I, for one, am optimistic.

Pierre

ronjurman · 28th April 2006, 02:53

Well, it's good to know that Dan has finally found an Eovia forum. I got tired of going over to the Renderosity Poser forum to read his comments. Not a good start on the customer support end, I might add.

rj

HowieFarkes · 28th April 2006, 03:00

Of course the biggest question is "What happens to Eovia3D.net?"

Ok so it's not really the biggest question but, seriously, is this site going to be renamed or anything?

hexabon · 28th April 2006, 05:57

DAZ is a fantastic company so I hope they do something for those of us who bought Hex 1.2 last month for 25% off with free upgrade to Hex 2, thinking we had a great deal... Those 30 days have cost me $199. I could've waited and saved $198.01, had I known. Or waited and pre-ordered Hex 2 and got a $100 voucher.

I offer a contingent hmph.

the_peculier · 28th April 2006, 08:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by HowieFarkes

Of course the biggest question is "What happens to Eovia3D.net?"

Ok so it's not really the biggest question but, seriously, is this site going to be renamed or anything?

This site remains as is. Is has nothing to do with Eovia. It is the personal site of Thomas

Bov · 28th April 2006, 11:11

Hexagon seems to be getting all the limelight, attention and special offers at the moment. So what about Carrara - is Carrara going to be the lesser sibling, is there any special offers on this piece of software?

Bov

Sardtok · 28th April 2006, 18:00

Hey, can anyone get the Eovia Opt-in Faq to work?
Now, the URL when redirected to the Eovia site has evoia written as domain name, but even if you change the domain name, there's no FAQ,
and on DAZ you just get a headline about Hex2 being released...

Since I have a DAZ account under a different email-address I'd really like to not have two DAZ accounts, I could always just get rid of my old one and use the new one that goes to the Eovia mail account, no big deal, but still...

koncz · 28th April 2006, 18:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sardtok

Hey, can anyone get the Eovia Opt-in Faq to work?
Now, the URL when redirected to the Eovia site has evoia written as domain name, but even if you change the domain name, there's no FAQ,
and on DAZ you just get a headline about Hex2 being released...

Since I have a DAZ account under a different email-address I'd really like to not have two DAZ accounts, I could always just get rid of my old one and use the new one that goes to the Eovia mail account, no big deal, but still...

Same for me.. now i've 2 accounts... and don't specialy like it...

I've Send an email to the daz support for solve the problem... but no answer at this time

Georges.

Sardtok · 28th April 2006, 18:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bov

Hexagon seems to be getting all the limelight, attention and special offers at the moment. So what about Carrara - is Carrara going to be the lesser sibling, is there any special offers on this piece of software?

I think this is because Hexagon2 just came out.
Carrara has been on the market for almost half a year now, so there will probably not be any special offers on it for now,
but next Christmas maybe there will be pre-order specials on Carrara 6 ;)

pfontaine2 · 28th April 2006, 18:41

I still haven't heard from anyone how to get my downloaded version of Hexagon2...no e-mail from DAZ or anything, though I see that they have announced that the program is available. Sorry to bug out over this but any ideas how to acquire this before the weekend begins? I was hoping to devote some time over the weekend to try out some things.

Don't get me wrong...I know the transition from Eovia to DAZ is never easy. But there were notification issues regarding my Carrara 5.0 upgrade some months back which Bob was very helpful in resolving. I want to be certain that this notification problem does not repeat itself.

Thanks as always,
Pierre

Pierre

Organiques · 28th April 2006, 19:13

Try turning off your email spam guard. Or deluge them with emails, until they respond.

JuST · 2nd May 2006, 09:25

What about student and teachers-versions....(sorry if I overread that topic somewhere?) I have had many problems in the past ordering educational versions of some software, because I'm not located in the US....
The Eovia-store was able to accept my student-card and to sell me the educational version of carrara and hexagon. Will DAZ be able to do that, too?

27th April 2006, 23:51	#61 (permalink)
Sardtok Box modeling Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 217	Hey I originally posted this on the Questions and Answers thread, part of it has been answered, especially the part about the Hex team, that the European team might stay even after the release of 2.1, this will give the US team better time to familiarize themselves with the code for a subsequent take over of the Hex development. The one thing I don't like about DAZ is the website, and I wish the Eovia website could've stayed, kind of like when it was a TGS company. I really liked the Eovia website, it was nice, had a sleek design, worked well, was even well-integrated with this site (although I don't visit here much, had to stop by to check out the merger discussion)... But I guess this would be difficult if Eovia Europe kept the name... Who will continue to develop Hexagon? People from the Carrara team? Are they familiar with the Hexagon code? These things are important issues to me, as I'd like to see continued development kept up to the current speed... Familiarising oneself with someone elses code, even when you know the principals of it, takes time, and it takes even longer if you are going to take a set of two teams, remove one, and now one team is going to code two products... Now I guess you'll be bringing in new people too, (and I guess these would be DAZ people first and foremost), so speed might not slow down that much, but I'd still like to know. Thanks. __________________ --- The Zigg (Take me off for great justice?)

28th April 2006, 02:17	#69 (permalink)
pfontaine2 Vertex Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4	Thanks very much and I look forward to something in the mail sometime tomorrow hopefully! BTW, I've had nothing but good service from DAZ. We purchased some of their models a year ago for a project at work, which would not function with our older version of Poser. They gladly honored their 30 day moneyback guarentee and refunded out money. I thought that was pretty cool since they could only rely on my honesty to uninstall the file I purchased upon receipt of the refund. I was so impressed, I sent them a nice thank you note. I have to say, Eovia have been wonderful also, with regards to customer service. I hope the two companies do many wonderful things together in the future. I, for one, am optimistic. Pierre __________________ Pierre http://paperforge.homestead.com/homepage.html

28th April 2006, 18:00	#75 (permalink)
Sardtok Box modeling Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 217	Hey, can anyone get the Eovia Opt-in Faq to work? Now, the URL when redirected to the Eovia site has evoia written as domain name, but even if you change the domain name, there's no FAQ, and on DAZ you just get a headline about Hex2 being released... Since I have a DAZ account under a different email-address I'd really like to not have two DAZ accounts, I could always just get rid of my old one and use the new one that goes to the Eovia mail account, no big deal, but still... __________________ --- The Zigg (Take me off for great justice?)

28th April 2006, 18:41	#78 (permalink)
pfontaine2 Vertex Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4	I still haven't heard from anyone how to get my downloaded version of Hexagon2...no e-mail from DAZ or anything, though I see that they have announced that the program is available. Sorry to bug out over this but any ideas how to acquire this before the weekend begins? I was hoping to devote some time over the weekend to try out some things. Don't get me wrong...I know the transition from Eovia to DAZ is never easy. But there were notification issues regarding my Carrara 5.0 upgrade some months back which Bob was very helpful in resolving. I want to be certain that this notification problem does not repeat itself. Thanks as always, Pierre Pierre __________________ Pierre http://paperforge.homestead.com/homepage.html

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28th April 2006, 00:15	#66 (permalink)
schuubars Spline Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Switzerland/BL Posts: 52	hehe .... happens. ;) I am a loyal customer? I own 2 licenses of Hex, but only one upgradet to Hex2(with C5), and in the worst case i have to wait a few days for Hex2 to download, now that is irony. =)

28th April 2006, 01:10	#67 (permalink)
pfontaine2 Vertex Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4	Should I have received an e-mail from DAZ by now regarding my Hex2 upgrade? It seems that it was to be released today, though I haven't heard anything official, just word on the forums. I preordered the Hexagon1 to Hexagon2 upgrade. Just curious. Pierre

28th April 2006, 02:53	#70 (permalink)
ronjurman Box modeling Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 201	Well, it's good to know that Dan has finally found an Eovia forum. I got tired of going over to the Renderosity Poser forum to read his comments. Not a good start on the customer support end, I might add. rj

28th April 2006, 03:00	#71 (permalink)
HowieFarkes Spline Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 48	Of course the biggest question is "What happens to Eovia3D.net?" Ok so it's not really the biggest question but, seriously, is this site going to be renamed or anything?

28th April 2006, 05:57	#72 (permalink)
hexabon Vertex Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6	DAZ is a fantastic company so I hope they do something for those of us who bought Hex 1.2 last month for 25% off with free upgrade to Hex 2, thinking we had a great deal... Those 30 days have cost me $199. I could've waited and saved $198.01, had I known. Or waited and pre-ordered Hex 2 and got a $100 voucher. I offer a contingent hmph.

28th April 2006, 11:11	#74 (permalink)
Bov Vertex Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 15	Hexagon seems to be getting all the limelight, attention and special offers at the moment. So what about Carrara - is Carrara going to be the lesser sibling, is there any special offers on this piece of software? Bov

28th April 2006, 19:13	#79 (permalink)
Organiques Vertex Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 22	Try turning off your email spam guard. Or deluge them with emails, until they respond.

2nd May 2006, 09:25	#80 (permalink)
JuST Pixar want to hire me! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Braunschweig, Germany Posts: 500	What about student and teachers-versions....(sorry if I overread that topic somewhere?) I have had many problems in the past ordering educational versions of some software, because I'm not located in the US.... The Eovia-store was able to accept my student-card and to sell me the educational version of carrara and hexagon. Will DAZ be able to do that, too?