Google SketchUp and Team Being Acquired by Trimble
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Google SketchUp and Team Being Acquired by Trimble
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Re: Google SketchUp and Team Being Acquired by Trimble
#2Is this a first for google? I don't think I've ever heard of them selling a product/team to another company before. If not a first, certainly a rarity.
Re: Google SketchUp and Team Being Acquired by Trimble
#3I have worked with a Trimble distributor for many years, and find this acquisition interesting. Over the last few years Trimble, traditionally a hardware company, has been acquiring various software companies. Internally, they are developing a virtual jobsite platform and I can see SketchUp fitting in with their other BIM technologies. Saying that though, I think the real motivation here is a talent acquisition.
Re: Google SketchUp and Team Being Acquired by Trimble
#4This is strange. Can someone explain how this would work for Google or why it would be a good move?
Re: Google SketchUp and Team Being Acquired by Trimble
#5This is definitely a good move by Google to
Shed some weight and let a promising product keep flourishing. I'm impressed.
Does anyone have an estimate on the price/term of this deal?
Re: Google SketchUp and Team Being Acquired by Trimble
#6This is strange. Can someone explain how this would work for Google or why it would be a good move?
Google gets money in exchange for ditching a potentially distracting side project that's likely to remain a small niche item.
Re: Google SketchUp and Team Being Acquired by Trimble
#7I wonder how many people are left at SketchUp from the original company, before it was acquired by Google.
I bet they would have some interesting stories to tell, after going through a Google acquisition and now being sold by Googl
Re: Google SketchUp and Team Being Acquired by Trimble
#8This is an interesting development. I have a lot of colleagues in the architecture industry who are heavily dependant on SketchUp for early-stage conceptual work. I wonder if Trimble, a company with focus on hardware and BIM will push sketchup away from its easy to use, conceptual design origins.
Re: Google SketchUp and Team Being Acquired by Trimble
#9I am really worried... getting people to trust the capabilities of Sketchup was really easy mainly to the Google brand. Now I really hope that Trimble can convince me. Long time Sketchup user here, since Sketchup 2, good @Last days.