Why SideFX rocks

http://www.cgenie.com/cgenie-content/104-cg-community-survey-upgrades-09.html

Basically, if you read through it you'll see that SideFX has really good customer relationships with their customers. And it's no surprise.

Just about 4 hours ago, I was in a teleconference with them (adelaide people together with my other colleagues in Sydney). Speaking to us weren't the sales or marketing team, but the developers themselves. They were presenting to us the new stuff coming out in the next houdini revision - which I dare say is huge, something on the scale of Houdini 8-9 kind of changes. I'm pretty certain this will give many, many people pause when it's released.

What's more, they were also going through a list of stuff that my supervisors sent in; improvements, changes, suggestions by us that we want in Houdini. They really spent time looking into our suggests, and implementing many suggestions. I'm sure based on the link above, some other companies may do this, but this is the reason why I'm so supportive of SESI.

Plus, think about it. Rising Sun probably does not compare in size to the big players in London or USA that uses Houdini (Imageworks, Framestore for example). And yet, they are willing to spend time to support us. Is that service or what? :) Add in very responsive bug fixes and daily builds, I'm certain 2009/10 will be a very interesting time to be a Houdini user.