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    • E Offline
      Ecuadorian
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      Are you working for the Mafia or for an Antivirus company? Both offer "protection".

      -Miguel Lescano
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      • GaieusG Offline
        Gaieus
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        [off:2eea5rpa]
        @ecuadorian said:

        Are you working for the Mafia or for an Antivirus company? Both offer "protection".

        Don't forget condoms... 😮[/off:2eea5rpa]

        Gai...

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        • EscapeArtistE Offline
          EscapeArtist
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          Another latecomer - me.

          Wow.

          Never expected this. To be honest, like a bunch of folks here it makes me nervous. We could wind up like a lot of software that has almost useless "freemium" and all the good stuff and functionality is reserved for paying customers.

          I hope for the best and SU, or whatever it is called in the future, will continue on as it has - heavy on the community support and activity. It's definitely what has kept me with this software this long.

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          • Rich O BrienR Offline
            Rich O Brien Moderator
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            Nice coat of arms the Hammond family has.

            Have we forgotten the off topic button?

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            • GaieusG Offline
              Gaieus
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              @unknownuser said:

              Have we forgotten the off topic button?

              Which reminds me... This is an interesting reading. A bit of some financial speculation but still...
              http://gfxspeak.com/2012/04/26/google-sells-sketchup-to-trimble/

              Gai...

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              • M Offline
                mozzie
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                Also just caught this. I'm pretty happy with SU8 as it is - ably augmented by various rubies (kudos all).
                So long as the Add Location function (a Google dependency) isn't crippled, I'm cool.
                More integration with survey/ GPS data might be nice, though.

                So wait and see.
                I've been Blendering for a while. It's a steep learning curve, a very different user interface, and would need a number of tools developed for it. That said, the new Bmesh is pretty cool.

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                • jeff hammondJ Offline
                  jeff hammond
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                  @escapeartist said:

                  A We could wind up like a lot of software that has almost useless "freemium" and all the good stuff and functionality is reserved for paying customers.

                  i don't mean for this to come off as bad sounding (but if it is, maybe i need to have another look at myself?) but...

                  imo, all sketchup free development could cease at this moment and the free users would still be left with a great product..

                  years ago, i spent $500 on an app that was far inferior to what sketchup free is today.. and i was hyped when i bought it!

                  but they're saying that a free version will remain available and i honestly don't see them down scaling the free version to something unusable.. in fact, i really don't imagine they will downscale it all..

                  [and who knows, maybe trimble will start integrating ads into the free version or something? it does seem like a likely move but then again, i'd expect google would of been the more likely candidate to do such a thing]

                  [off:147lbot6]"Have we forgotten the off topic button?"
                  oops[/off:147lbot6]

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                  • pilouP Offline
                    pilou
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                    From the Gaieus above Link!

                    @unknownuser said:

                    A sale of the popular 3D drafting tool has been rumored for weeks, but it was widely assumed the buyer would be Dassault Systèmes.

                    Funny SU could be French! 💚

                    Frenchy Pilou
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                    • chrisglasierC Offline
                      chrisglasier
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                      I just think the "surprise" brings home the risk of relying on free proprietary software always being free - for example, levels of interest in forums, training, books, renderers, plugins ... other unintended consequences of "Do No Evil" perhaps?

                      With TBA interfaces we can analyse what is to be achieved so that IT can help with automation to achieve it.

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                      • soloS Offline
                        solo
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                        Found this on Time online:

                        @unknownuser said:

                        Selling a successful — if specialized — product isn’t something that Google does often. In fact, I can’t think of any other examples that are similar to the SketchUp situation. It’s rare for large technology companies to sell anything, ever — generally speaking, the products they acquire or build either thrive or die. And when sales do happen, it’s often because a company is offloading a disaster at a fire-sale price.

                        When tech companies lose interest in something they own, they often abandon happy customers, even when they probably could have found a buyer. (Exhibit A: Cisco’s sudden execution of the Flip camcorder.) It’s nice to see Google moving on without leaving anyone in the lurch.

                        Says a lot actually!

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                        • I Offline
                          ishboo
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                          Wow! Exciting times for the SketchUp community!

                          I'm hopeful this will be a positive stage in SketchUp's growth and maybe will bring some much needed improvements to the community.

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                          • RichardR Offline
                            Richard
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                            Wow - another late comer to this news!

                            For me too mixed emotions. Though in one way very excited - the "Googies" now become the "Trembles". I look at it like a share holder, one would as such have concerns if such a LARGE user base was left high and dry. User base means market base and the Trembles are surely aware of this - hence the acquistion!

                            The built world is all encompassing - survey and management of just doesn't stop at ground level, built works touch on this and then become part, joinery fills this space and so on! Are the Trembles looking at a picture bigger than we imagine? BIM is somewhere SU currently falls behind is this NOW where SU is headed?

                            I could be wrong for sure - hopefully not but the specific areas the Trembles host now seems somewhat better aligned to SU than that of Google (GE aside).

                            If in the least I still have SU8 - it serves near all my 3d needs and even if an underground of development continues through ruby I'm still a happy man!

                            My belief is that the Trembles have seen the bigger picture and are going to run with it beyond what we currently comprehend! Or is it just "christ I hope so"!

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                            • jeff hammondJ Offline
                              jeff hammond
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                              [off:1k6f1yvr]
                              @gaieus said:

                              @mitcorb said:

                              Although that Boulder is not a bad place.

                              new york city > boulder
                              😄[/off:1k6f1yvr]

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                              • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                jeff hammond
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                                [off:20gjzyfx]
                                @unknownuser said:

                                I've been to both and gotta say Boulder rocks. 😒

                                if i was feeling clever right now, i'd come up with a super stupid joke about 'boulder rocks'..

                                but this would be one of those topics that i'd be openly hard headed and stubborn about.. it doesn't matter how logical of an argument someone may give me, nobody will ever convince me that there's a better city than nyc …

                                I NY

                                (yes tim, csaba said that.. i messed the post)[/off:20gjzyfx]

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                                • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                  jeff hammond
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                                  [off:1gu2nvyu]
                                  @gaieus said:

                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  You may have Broadway Jeff, but we've got Main street

                                  "Main Street" and "The Other Street" 😕

                                  haha![/off:1gu2nvyu]

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                                  • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                    jeff hammond
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                                    [off:eewee5ag]oh hell yeah..

                                    @unknownuser said:

                                    HAMMOND
                                    Gender: Masculine

                                    Usage: English (Rare)

                                    Pronounced: HAM-ənd [key]

                                    From an English surname which was derived from either the Germanic given name Haimund which meant "home protection" or else from the Old Norse given name Hámundr which meant "high protection".

                                    anyone need to buy a little protection? 💚[/off:eewee5ag]

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                                    • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                      jeff hammond
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                                      i guess at first glance at trimble as a company (today is the first day i've ever heard the name), there's a sort of wishy washy taste left behind..

                                      meaning, their website was the first impression for me and it just feels.. i don't know.. stuffy?

                                      like a website that a bunch of engineers instead of a bunch of architects might put together? if that makes any sense..

                                      or maybe something along the lines of how i'd expect a global shipping & logistics type corporation to present themselves..
                                      like i said.. i don't know exactly.. just something..

                                      hopefully the new boulder offices will still be populated with those mac boys, in which case, everything should be ok 💚

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                                        ishboo
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                                        @unknownuser said:

                                        i guess at first glance at trimble as a company (today is the first day i've ever heard the name), there's a sort of wishy washy taste left behind..

                                        meaning, their website was the first impression for me and it just feels.. i don't know.. stuffy?

                                        like a website that a bunch of engineers instead of a bunch of architects might put together? if that makes any sense..

                                        or maybe something along the lines of how i'd expect a global shipping & logistics type corporation to present themselves..
                                        like i said.. i don't know exactly.. just something..

                                        hopefully the new boulder offices will still be populated with those mac boys, in which case, everything should be ok 💚

                                        👍 I agree their site could use a fair bit of makeup...

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                                        • pbacotP Offline
                                          pbacot
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                                          Surprised more aren't familiar with the name. They make serious survey and GPS equipment and are in the GIS and remote sensing fields.

                                          But I gather that many other "products" are run by subsidiaries and not necessarily connected. They talk about integration but it doesn't look like the different products they have are so closely and centrally controlled, at least for now.

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                                          • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                            jeff hammond
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                                            @pbacot said:

                                            Surprised more aren't familiar with the name. They make serious survey and GPS equipment

                                            they're probably just out of my league.. i'm more smalltime.. i mean, i own/use a basic transit and i can see where i'm at on my phone but besides that…

                                            @unknownuser said:

                                            and are in the GIS

                                            when i see GIS, i'm automatically thinking 'these are the people that need to be converting us hard headed americans to metric!'.. a global measurement standard.. but maybe i'm just weird 😄

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