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Re:Bob Cringely Has Died by Keyframe on Saturday October 03, 2026 @11:50PM (#49950436)
Sad to hear that, apart things already mention I'd like to point out his NerdTV interviews - especially Dan Drake one (Autodesk co-founder). I always suspected, but that interview kind of validated how Autodesk went after competition as a strategy (to buy them outright). You can watch them all here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NerdTV
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Re:Bob Cringely Has Died by joshdavham on Sunday October 04, 2026 @01:37AM (#49950985)
Interesting! I actually work at Autodesk and my job is mainly to help users of acquired product A move over to (also) acquired product B (product B was previously a competitor of product A). I guess this acquisition culture must’ve been around long before me!
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Re:Bob Cringely Has Died by DonHopkins on Sunday October 04, 2026 @04:17AM (#49951784)
Are you the one who cleverly arranged for a ceiling tile to fall on Ton Roosendaal when he was talking about supporting Autodesk, getting brought to court and most certainly losing, and the Blender Foundation owning the Blender code? ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJwG-qt-sgk

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Re:Bob Cringely Has Died by joosebox on Sunday October 04, 2026 @01:49AM (#49951040)
What’s that job role titled? I’m looking for work and that seems like something I could be okay at, and likely in demand enough to offer realistic prospects. Thanks in advance.
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