From Michaels interview:
"I believe the concept there is that users will tend to ask for things that are within the framework of what they currently have. If you don’t dig in to understand more of the problem underlying what they are asking about, you may be missing a chance to make a much larger fundamental step forward rather than just an incremental step."
I hope it is okay to quote from your interview here? The above is an excellent philosophy. Many times if we provide simply what is asked for little or no innovation is the result. I work for a company that uses the above rule to exceed our customers expectations. It really is, outside of luck or providence the best way to leap frog the competition and change an industry.
While I am a hobbyist I can see the subtle ground swell that is growing around your product. I had an opportunity to show MoI to a colleague; he authors one of the original Inventor book series that accompanies each new version release. He was impressed with MoI and what I could accomplish easily knowing my non-CAD background. Our resident Solidworks guy is duly impressed as well and will often like to compare how I will generate a surface to what he must do. The other half of this innovation is the cost which allows people to enjoy this level of power & design ease on a personal budget.
By the way the interview was very interesting, great answers with some depth.
David W.
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