The final days of autodesk...

Francesco · 09-26-2003, 01:29 PM

... on the palm of your hand.

Check the attached file or here

Francesco · 09-26-2003, 01:32 PM

... I'm not sure I attached the .ixl file.

Pride Of Lions · 09-26-2003, 02:04 PM

...what is it?

I currently have iSiloX crunching through my daily conversions, so I cannot open it and convert and HotSync.

I just couldn't resist being the first. I've de-flowered it.
POL9A

Pride Of Lions · 09-26-2003, 05:26 PM

OK.

So, I've opened it and converted it and looked into it.
And still,...what is it? Some sci-fi book? About money? Or more along the linees on Scientology and how we should convert to this "religion?"

Skeptical,
POL9A

Francesco · 09-26-2003, 06:07 PM

He he he.
Autodesk was a big software company that disappeared because it couldn't evolve with the rest of the SW companies. The guy who wrote "the final days..." (which is really a memo named "information letter 14") forsaw that the company had to change its management strategies or it was going to die. Nobody paid attention (except Bill Gates, who runs a somewhat more successful company), so it died. "The final days... ", provides a very good insight into the SW industry.
I think it is much more interesting than that, but I guess one has to read it.

Agrajag · 09-28-2003, 02:20 AM

That's all interesting except for one thing, Autodesk is not gone at all. It's doing quite well and has never disappeared. It has been the leader in CAD software since nearly its inception.

johnsoax · 10-01-2003, 03:45 PM

That is the guy who owns Autodesk who wrote that. He was talking about what would happen. As Agrajag said Autodesk didn't disappear, they are the makers of AutoCAD, the #1 Computer Aided Drafting program in the world. I am actually on the Hackers Diet. I have the diet downloaded with plucker on my Clie. I've lost 10 pounds in two months by just eating less (not a lot less, just a little).

Alexander Turcic · 10-01-2003, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by johnsoax
I am actually on the Hackers Diet. I have the diet downloaded with plucker on my Clie. I've lost 10 pounds in two months by just eating less (not a lot less, just a little).

The Hackers Diet? Never heard of that

Does that mean you become a hacker who hacks day and night without break and without any meals in between?

johnsoax · 10-02-2003, 12:24 PM

Quote:

The Hackers Diet? Never heard of that Does that mean you become a hacker who hacks day and night without break and without any meals in between?

It's approching dieting like an engineer (which I am). You look at being overweight as an engineering problem and then you solve it. I started keeping track of the amount of calories that I was taking in per day and I was averaging about 2600-2800 (I was drinking about 3 20 oz cokes a day

) . I'm only supposed to eat about 2000. I've cut back to about 1500 a day and am loosing weight at around 1-1.5 pounds a week. And I really don't feel like I am starving myself. And I feel great. My wife has lost 13 pounds in the same time frame (but she skips meals).

09-26-2003, 02:04 PM	#3
Pride Of Lions just kinda geeky Posts: 381 Karma: 30 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Oakland, California Device: iPhone	Yay! I was the first one to download it. But... ...what is it? I currently have iSiloX crunching through my daily conversions, so I cannot open it and convert and HotSync. I just couldn't resist being the first. I've de-flowered it. POL9A

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09-26-2003, 01:29 PM	#1
Francesco Aficionado Posts: 391 Karma: 710 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Denver, CO, USA Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Touch	The final days of autodesk... ... on the palm of your hand. Check the attached file or here

09-26-2003, 05:26 PM	#4
Pride Of Lions just kinda geeky Posts: 381 Karma: 30 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Oakland, California Device: iPhone	OK. So, I've opened it and converted it and looked into it. And still,...what is it? Some sci-fi book? About money? Or more along the linees on Scientology and how we should convert to this "religion?" Skeptical, POL9A

09-26-2003, 06:07 PM	#5
Francesco Aficionado Posts: 391 Karma: 710 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Denver, CO, USA Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Touch	He he he. Autodesk was a big software company that disappeared because it couldn't evolve with the rest of the SW companies. The guy who wrote "the final days..." (which is really a memo named "information letter 14") forsaw that the company had to change its management strategies or it was going to die. Nobody paid attention (except Bill Gates, who runs a somewhat more successful company), so it died. "The final days... ", provides a very good insight into the SW industry. I think it is much more interesting than that, but I guess one has to read it.

09-28-2003, 02:20 AM	#6
Agrajag Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 2314 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cherry Hill, NJ Device: Nook Simple Touch	That's all interesting except for one thing, Autodesk is not gone at all. It's doing quite well and has never disappeared. It has been the leader in CAD software since nearly its inception.

10-01-2003, 03:45 PM	#7
johnsoax Connoisseur Posts: 65 Karma: 2418 Join Date: Feb 2003 Device: TT3(Home)&Dell x50(Work)	That is the guy who owns Autodesk who wrote that. He was talking about what would happen. As Agrajag said Autodesk didn't disappear, they are the makers of AutoCAD, the #1 Computer Aided Drafting program in the world. I am actually on the Hackers Diet. I have the diet downloaded with plucker on my Clie. I've lost 10 pounds in two months by just eating less (not a lot less, just a little).