Many thanks to all of you who responded to the last “one man’s trash” post offering a signed copy of The Autodesk File for one of the people answering John’s question correctly:
What was the first Autodesk product which, after having been sold, was subsequently discontinued?
The answer is, of course, AutoScreen. Of the 15 people who responded, 7 gave the correct answer (the other popular – albeit incorrect – answers were MicroCAD and Lightscape).
John’s “bonus points” question really had people scratching their heads:
What was the original in-house name for the product eventually introduced as AutoSketch?
(In all fairness, John estimated there were probably only 20 people on the planet who knew the answer to this question…)
The answer to this one is Masterstroke, which really seems like the perfect codename for it.
Nobody got this one right, so I performed a completely random selection which resulted in Brian Johnson’s name being picked. Congratulations, Brian!
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