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[slightly further OT] don't thank Google or Trimble for SketchUp. Both have done hardly anything with it since purchasing it from the few small developers who

[slightly further OT] don't thank Google or Trimble for SketchUp. Both have done hardly anything with it since purchasing it from the few small developers who originally built it (I believe they were ex autodesk).

Zoomla 13y ago
plus, they sold SketchUp
ics 13y ago
McNeel (Rhino and OpenNURBS developers) was ex-Autodesk, is that who you're thinking of? I'd be interested in knowing if the Sketchup team was too.
- twelvechairs 13y ago
  Brad schell and Joe esch. a quick Google confirms ex autodesk
  - ics 13y ago
    Where'd you find that? I found some LinkedIn and G+ profiles that gave no info, and everything else I found suggested that they sold their first company (CadZooks) to Autodesk and then started @Last, but otherwise had no relation to them.
    - twelvechairs 13y ago
      http://www.borealisventures.com/news/portfolio-news/google-buys-software-firm.aspx http://www.borealisventures.com/news/portfolio-news/google-b... http://techstars.hypersites.com/site/page/pg5887-as691.html http://techstars.hypersites.com/site/page/pg5887-as691.html https://plus.google.com/113992345638105725394/about https://plus.google.com/113992345638105725394/about for example. Looks like Schell sold Cadzooks and was absorbed into Autodesk. Not sure about Esch
reneherse 13y ago
@Last Software was the name of the original company, and a great one it was, in terms of both innovation, customer service, and community building. Wonder how much of the original team is still there? The original product was brilliant, and it's nice to see it survive multiple acquisitions.