I was being sarcastic. ;-) I just think it's the ADSK mentality as a whole. They're not innovators, they're followers. It's what happens when you run a company by listening to accountants & lawyers rather than customers.
-Paul On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Eric Thivierge <[email protected]>wrote: > It's not like this is a different behavior for AD. They've been acquiring > for many different divisions every year. This one isn't even in M&E. > Definitely seems like you're reaching on this one. > > > On Thursday, March 13, 2014 3:17:37 PM, Paul Griswold wrote: > >> They kill Softimage, but invest in developing "Autodesk Instant"? >> >> http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/13/autodesk-instant/ >> >> Congrats Autodesk! An instant messenger! What an amazingly original >> idea! Next up they'll develop a WinAmp competitor or perhaps Napster >> for Enterprise. Genius! Look out 20th century, Autodesk is on the move! >> >> -Paul >> >> >

