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Oh I'm sure it's a hell of a lot more than 100 years of work! Especially if you count all the third party developers.

Here's John Walker's history of Autodesk:

https://www.fourmilab.ch/autofile/

The Autodesk File: Bits of History, Words of Experience

The Autodesk File chronicles the history of Autodesk, Inc. and its principal product, AutoCAD, through contemporary documents edited and annotated by Autodesk founder and former CEO John Walker. The book traces the company from the first glimmer of an idea in the minds of the founders, through start-up, initial public stock offering, and growth from a loose confederation of moonlighting individuals to a leader in the industry of computer aided design. The book is available in several different editions, suited for on- or off-line reading with various tools. Click on the titles of the section describing the edition you prefer to view it or download to your computer.




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