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Re: Shafted again
O.K. so being one of the people "shafted" by the morning awards I guess I should say something.
The WFA on Friday is a great idea. It gave people the entire competition to find me (if they dared) and congratulate me personally. I thought it was a good idea. Many people congratulated me that I didn't even know and I thought that was really cool.
With regards to the animation and inventor awards, I do see a change in attitude toward Autodesk and these awards, but I really don't see how the Friday a.m. awards ceremony was part of this. Plain and simple, these awards are pre-determined so why not give them out first? The awards ceremony is already too long as it is. Besides, the opening ceremony never really was a big audience getter but I bet next year the attendance at the opening ceremony will be much higher.
Ed, I can tell you first hand that Autodesk has placed a bad taste in our team's mouth. Does the Website award tell you what tools you must use? Does the Industrial design award tell you what tools you must use? The answer to both these questions is "no." Do the animation awards tell you which software you must use? You bet. Does the Inventor Award tell you what software to ... oh wait ... Inventor Award. The Autodesk guy was looking at our poster in front of our pit showing our robot design and use of solid models. He asked, "who did all the great Inventor work?" We replied, "we used SolidWorks." What he said next floored me. He said, "oh, that's too bad ... never-mind." Are you kidding me? That is ridiculous. The Inventor Award is a joke to me because it EXCLUDES any team that chooses to use a different set of tools to do robot design. Anyone who uses Inventor to do design, don't get me wrong, it is a great tool and keep using it but the award has an ulterior motive that just doesn't sit well with me.
-Paul
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