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The Star: Autodesk Shrugs Off Open Source CAD Competition

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 18, 2005

“Open source CAD (computer-aided design) products are not a
threat to Autodesk Inc’s business, said Scott Borduin,
vice-president and chief technology officer at the design software
market leader.

“For an open source CAD project to be successful, it would
require a ‘fair number’ of developers who understand and are
interested in the CAD domain, he said at the Autodesk University
conference…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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