If you made better software and Autodesk acquired it and incorporated it in their product, it would still achieve the goal of making consumers better off. In f

If you made better software and Autodesk acquired it and incorporated it in their product, it would still achieve the goal of making consumers better off. In fact, it would probably make more consumers better off than if your company had remained independent: Users who were unwilling or unable to abandon Autodesk in order to use your software would be able to use it if it became part of Autodesk's offering. Plus you'd be rich.