I had the good fortune of hearing Deelip Menezes deliver the keynote address at the Bricsys 2010 Conference in person. If you missed it, check out the video now at the Bricsys web site. The question and answer session after the speech is an excellent harbinger of the discussions to come if Deelip is correct in his prediction about CAD on the cloud.
Did you ever wonder what press release writers do in their spare time? Given Autodesk's recent trademark litigation with SolidWorks (http://www.cadcourt.com/Docket/308cv04397AutodeskvSolidWorks.aspx) and related efforts (http://www.cadcourt.com/Docket/92047002AutodeskvODA.aspx) by Autodesk to trademark "DWG", and given the fact that US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) trademark examiners are known to use Wikipedia during their research (http://iplitigator.huschblackwell.com/2007/07/articles/trademark/trademark-trial-appeal-board-says-internet-is-here-to-stay/), it doesn't take an evil genius to realize that a little subversive editing here and there might be helpful to the corporate cause. So, I decided to use Wikiscanner (http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/) to go spelunking through the labyrinth of Wikipedia editing history to see if I could unearth any nuggets. ...