A little friendly competition is always good for everyone. Heck, in a free market, it's what drives the economy, right? Recently I have been wandering around the Internet looking over what is being done in the AutoCad world of things. I picked up on some interesting things.
First, it seems as if Autodesk is hell bent on bringing back the 80's. No, I'm not talking about the lack of any real new exciting functionality that was created after the 80's, it's their Planned Celebration of 1982 scheduled for their user conference next month. Oh, and by the way, CAD conferences in Vegas are so two years ago now!
In another throw back to the century gone by, Autodesk has decided to 're-coin' the term 'Digital Prototyping. While not very new and exciting to those in the 21st century, Autodesk none the less must have decided that this term was long over due for a comeback! Hey, I heard square wheels will someday be all the rage again! Maybe I should coin it "Uncircular Transportation"?
All in all the friendly competition between Solidworks and Autodesk is fun. Each year Solidworks hosts their annual user conference, and each year Autodesk tries to see just how many cab signs and billboards it can buy in the same city. Each year Autodesk releases it's new version of Autocad, and each year, Solidworks Gives It Away for Free.
So it's all in good fun right? It should be, besides, how else would Richard get more traffic to his blog:
(Screen shot from the above referenced blog site)
Well they do say....
Everything Old Is New Again.
Cheers,
Anna
Posted by: Anna Wood | October 19, 2007 at 01:44 AM