[twelvechairs]

[slightly further OT] don't thank Google or Trimble for SketchUp. Both have done hardly anything with it since purchasing it from the few small developers who originally built it (I believe they were ex autodesk).

[reneherse]

@Last Software was the name of the original company, and a great one it was, in terms of both innovation, customer service, and community building.

Wonder how much of the original team is still there? The original product was brilliant, and it's nice to see it survive multiple acquisitions.

[ics]

McNeel (Rhino and OpenNURBS developers) was ex-Autodesk, is that who you're thinking of? I'd be interested in knowing if the Sketchup team was too.

[twelvechairs]

Brad schell and Joe esch. a quick Google confirms ex autodesk

[ics]

Where'd you find that? I found some LinkedIn and G+ profiles that gave no info, and everything else I found suggested that they sold their first company (CadZooks) to Autodesk and then started @Last, but otherwise had no relation to them.

[twelvechairs]

http://www.borealisventures.com/news/portfolio-news/google-b... http://techstars.hypersites.com/site/page/pg5887-as691.html https://plus.google.com/113992345638105725394/about

for example. Looks like Schell sold Cadzooks and was absorbed into Autodesk. Not sure about Esch

[Zoomla]

plus, they sold SketchUp