William Gibson and the trademarking of cyberspace(colo.to)
266 points by Eric_Gullichsen | 120 comments
Essay by Eric Gullichsen recounting the history of attempts to trademark the term "cyberspace" and William Gibson's connection to it.
#autodesk on Hacker News
4 stories tagged autodesk, newest first.
Open-Source Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, and Word Replications(tomshardware.com)
39 points by mathgenius | 32 comments
Tom's Hardware news article on a developer of free Adobe clones releasing open-source replicas of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, with Autodesk tools possibly next.
John Walker, founder of Autodesk, has died(scanalyst.fourmilab.ch)
1015 points by jdougan | 204 comments
Obituary forum post on Scanalyst announcing the death of John Walker, Autodesk founder and Fourmilab creator, on February 2, 2024, with a biography.
Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and Nvidia form alliance for OpenUSD(apple.com)
624 points by anaclet0 | 231 comments
Apple Newsroom press release announcing Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and NVIDIA forming the Alliance for OpenUSD to promote open standards for 3D content.