[JamieClay]

FWIW: John left in 1994 (same year I did) and technically Autodesk had acquired 3D Studio in 1990, though the Yost group was still developing it, so acquired is a generous term. The product was sold through Autodesk's dealer channels. The branding and marketing was all Autodesk.

John had little to nothing to do with 3D studio however, there was a mild competition within the company with two different 3D rendering (Autoshade and 3D Studio) products. I worked on both, moving from AutoFlix development to helping the Yost group test and market 3D Studio.

[dandrake]

Hoping this doesn't offend against the site's guidelines (it doesn't seem to) - Hey, Jamie, nice to hear from you here.

[theoa]

Hi Dan (and Jamie again)

Because of John - and learning to code using AutoLisp - they will pull the keyboard out of my cold dead hand.

Theo