When I learned late last year that ...

When I learned late last year that Autodesk was releasing in addition another version of its flagship harvest AutoCAD 2005, along with all of the vertical applications, my initial reaction was, "Oh no! in what manner can an average design or A/E firm withhold up with the moving target of today's technology? And what will it expense them to do so?" I pos these questions to Autodesk executives at the novel Autodesk University in Las Vegas and got more [i]or[/i] less interesting answers.

For years, one design firms, especially smaller offices, have done the minimum to preserve up with technology. The main