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As reported by Joe Francica (via WorldCAD Access), Carl Bass has confirmed, in a somewhat ambiguous way, that his Cloud-only vision rules at Autodesk. I do believe that everything is moving to the cloud. But… There are a lot of applications that will [still] be done on the desktop. Whether Autodesk does it or [...]  30 November 2012, 2:20 pm |  18 comments | Tags: Carl Bass | Category: Autodesk, Cloud, Fail, Other Sites, Spin, Web Stuff It’s probably unwise to make predictions about what is going to happen in technology. If so, I’m about to be unwise. So be it; if I’m wrong you can taunt me about this post in a few years. Here’s my prediction: Autodesk’s attempt to move CAD users onto the Cloud is doomed [...] 6 November 2012, 8:13 am | 29 comments | Tags: Carl Bass, Cloud failure, Psychic Prediction | Category: Cloud, Fail, Interview, Other Sites, Polls, Thoughts, Web Stuff As I’ve already discussed, one of the areas where CAD on the Cloud shows potential is in handling specific tasks that require performing intensive calculations that are suitable for sharing among many processors. That sounds great in theory, and a lot of Cloud marketing (e.g. Virtually Infinite Computing) emphasises that point. OK, that sounds [...] 16 November 2011, 12:38 pm | 2 comments | Tags: Alex Bausk, Carl Bass, Cloud, Feedback, Hype, Labs, Project Storm | Category: Autodesk, Cloud, Fail, Other Autodesk Products, Other Blogs, Performance, Review, Spin, Web Stuff I know that some of you out there (unlike me) are pretty cynical about anything that Autodesk says on any subject. So when Autodesk makes a big thing about being environmentally responsible, such as its new Autodesk Sustainable Design Center site, it would be tempting to say “Yeah, right” and assume it’s just more [...] 23 April 2010, 2:39 pm | 7 comments | Tags: Autodesk, Carl Bass, Environment, Green, Marketing, Spin | Category: Autodesk, Spin, Thoughts Autodesk big cheese Carl Bass gets a friendly interview on NBC’s Press:Here (amusing name, “press colon here”). It’s kind of funny seeing CAD described by non-CAD people (the presenters, not Carl). Among other things, he discusses being fired by Carol Bartz, Autodesk’s role in Avatar, the benefits of piracy, iPhones, 3D printing, open source [...] 9 March 2010, 2:08 pm | 3 comments | Tags: Autodesk, Avatar, Carl Bass, Carol Bartz, Video | Category: 3D, Autodesk, Other Sites, Video No, I don’t mean the sort of crash where AutoCAD stops working. The current financial crisis, I mean. I must preface these comments with a disclaimer. I have no qualifications in finance and make no claim of financial expertise. These are purely a layman’s thoughts. Don’t buy or sell stock based on what I [...] 24 October 2008, 12:48 pm | 2 comments | Tags: 12-Month Release Cycle, Autodesk, Carl Bass, Financial, Legal | Category: Autodesk, Thoughts I recently enjoyed reading what appears to be a genuine and not at all atypical internal Microsoft email from Bill Gates. I always enjoy seeing an honest opinion expressed in a way that cuts through the glossy corporate PR image, and this one certainly does that. Actually, it reminds me of the sort of [...] 27 June 2008, 9:05 pm | 2 comments | Tags: Autodesk, Bill Gates, Carl Bass, Feedback, Microsoft, Public Relations | Category: Autodesk, Microsoft, Rant |
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I was wrong about AutoCAD 2013 Help, it still sucks
In my effusive welcome of AutoCAD 2013′s updated Help system, I wondered if I had been shocked into missing some glaring problem. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened. In my enthusiasm, I managed to totally miss the fact that the new system has not been introduced for offline users.
If you use the new system, [...]