mmm... Autodesk already has Inventor and VIZ, so i think that covers them in the Rhino battle. Actually Rhino 4 is getting big attention in Autodesk's archviz market, and they're developing a 2D/3D parametric building plug-in. That will be an interesting territory struggle in the next 2-3 years... You're very right about software. It's just another commodity to be bought/sold like anything else. Hey, if the price of pork bellies drops low enough then maybe i can buy out Amapi from E-Frontier
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