3 ms·
Whose salaries, exactly? In most of the country, that's a couple months rent for an entire middle class family. I earn well, and I cannot imagine ever paying th
by tetromino_ 2y ago
Whose salaries, exactly? In most of the country, that's a couple months rent for an entire middle class family. I earn well, and I cannot imagine ever paying that much for any piece of software unless I needed it for a profit-making venture and the ROI was very obvious and very positive.
- maxerickson 2y agoany piece of software unless I needed it for a profit-making venture and the ROI was very obvious and very positive. Yes, that's right. Weird that a business making powerful software is targeting that market and not hobbyists.
- inferiorhuman 2y agoFusion was initially (and still is to some extent) targeted explicitly at hobbyists. At one point the CEO made lots of noise about his commitment to the maker community. 'Course since then Autodesk went from a company run by a maker to a company run by a marketing dweeb and a beancounter.
- rurban 2y agoSorry, but Autodesk was always run by beancounters. They wanted their share in office products, and went lucky with CAD. Read John Walkers "Autodesk Files".
- inferiorhuman 2y agoIn the context of Fusion, it was the pet project of Carl Bass who is very much a maker. He constantly championed free access for hobbyists to Fusion 360. I suspect a big part of his departure was due to not having any path towards monetizing the huge cash sink that was Fusion. Bass' replacement was the chief marketing officer.
- Kirby64 2y agoPeople that use CAD for a full time job? 2k/yr is basically nothing. As a business expensive it’s a rounding error.
- TaylorAlexander 2y agoRight but there are people who use CAD for 3D printing projects around the house too. For them a few thousand a year is extreme.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]