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Google aquires Sketchup
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:51 am
by John Sayers
Yup - google has bought Sketchup - the program will continue as is and get better, but it's nice to know it's secure with Google's backing.
cheers
john
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:39 am
by Mark0
I must admit, untill now have i only seen prime things come out of googles headquarters! Now we'll just sit back and hope that the program is going to get cheap, so i can actually afford it. Untill now i have formatted my computer 3 times to get another trial period
By the way, thanks for a great forum John, you've really helped me in my studio quests!
Mark
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:18 pm
by John Sayers
I agree about Google - google earth used to be a program you had to buy - until Google bought it.
The two companies got together when Sketchup was playing with adding 3D components to google earth. Apparently the staff all got on really well.
I think Google wants access to Sketchup's 3D capability and I wouldn't be surprised to see a google 3D browser plugin for viewing 3D files.
I have a lot of time for Google and they've recently shown they have integrity
cheers
john