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Originally Posted by Sunshine
Do a search
I did and found what I believed to be true.....
Autodesk has announced that Autodesk Inventor is the best selling 3D mechanical design software for the fifth consecutive year. Exceeding the licensed seat counts of all other competing 3D design software applications...
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I think a major reason behind Inventor having more licensed seats is because almost all of Project Lead The Way's engineering classrooms use Inventor. Since Project Lead The Way is a national curriculum program, that is a lot of classrooms with each classroom needing between 10 and 30 seats.
The education market (K-College Students and Schools) is huge for software companies and is really that place they go to to build (or maintain) their future user base. If Software A is being used by more students than its competitor, Software B, then when students that used Software A graduate and join the work force, companies will almost be force to migrate to Software A due to the fact that most people know how to use it.