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Autodesk bids for Altium

Daniel Payne

Daniel Payne

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When I hear Autodesk I think 3D architectural software, while Altium is all about PCB software from Australia. Yes, the product lines are non-overlapping. Yes, lots of ex-Mentor sales guys are at Autodesk, but is this a smart deal?

finance.yahoo.com

Software maker Altium rejects $3.9 billion takeover bid from Autodesk

Australian-listed software maker Altium rejected a $3.9 billion takeover bid from U.S. peer Autodesk Inc on Monday as too low, but kept the door open for a higher offer as its shares leapt to near six-month highs. Autodesk, which makes architecture designing software AutoCAD, offered Altium...
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Altium is the Solidworks of PCB design.

Nobody can buy Solidworks for obvious reasons. Altium... not so much.

It scares me if they'll do the same to it as to their current offerings. The near entirety of professional PCB design is tied to a single piece of software which can be gone with any next update package unless you sign up for some cloud thingy subscription.
 
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