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Originally Posted by vrivey
I completely understand the idea where they are coming from with requiring their product. It just doesn't seem fair to make it so you can NOT submit for this award unless you have done so. Our team is just running out of hands, so we don't have the time to convert the files.
And our team was not aware of the minute details of this award. Which, I guess is a "my bad" on our part, but even then, we didn't have any knowledge of Inventor, so I guess we would have been up the creek without a paddle anyway...
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It ain't about fair, it is about market penetration. Basically, this is the "First hit is free" sales method. Get the students hooked by offering a shiny award in exchange for learning the software and then when the grow up and work they will want to use the software they know.
But, I agree, it is kinda crap that users of other systems are left out in the cold as far as awards go unless they want to take the time to convert to Inventor. As a mentor I can't teach what I don't know, how am I supposed to inspire students when I can't show them? Alas, [insert rant about it being all about money]