Re:Google SketchUp and Team Being Acquired by Trimble
by jpastika on Thursday April 26, 2012 @02:52PM
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I wouldn't expect much in the way of improvements (read additional functionality) because of the acquisition. Google is a company for the masses, Trimble is sector and market specific. The only changes I would expect for a while are integrations with Trimble's current software and hardware.
Re:Google SketchUp and Team Being Acquired by Trimble
by brudgers on Thursday April 26, 2012 @03:12PM
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Sketchup is a market specific product in the same way that Google App Engine is. I strongly suspect that Trimble's products already interface with Sketchup either directly or through standard ESRI or Autodesk file formats.
Sketchup development has been neglible since Google acquired the company years ago. Aside from adding a kludged presentation capability to the "Pro" version there hasn't been a significant improvement to the core product in years (and I suspect that the presentation capabilities were in process at acquisition).