Comment Very Strange (Score 1) 1
Bentley has been a long time supporter of the ODA! Does this have anything to do with key Bentley developer Dr. Robert Aish leaving to join Autodesk? It wasn't long ago that Bentley and Autodesk were huge rivals:
http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2005/10/sting_bentley_b.html
A recent NIST survey calculated 16 Billion wasted annually because of lack of AEC software interoperability. In Cadalyst magazine, Bentley blamed one billion of that on Autodesk for "for
hindering software interoperability
and therefore overall
industry productivity."
ftp://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/Web/Corporate/cadalyst_bentley_blasts_auto_1205.pdf
Now they are teaming up??