Google-Boulder employee Brad Schell, co-founder of atLast Software, this week released an open letter to SketchUp users, asking them for the opportunity to prove that the mandate from the Googleplex in Mountain View, California is to "keep doing cool stuff!" Google acquired atLast Software for its SketchUp technology last week.
As posted for Schell by Google-Boulder employee Aidan Chopra, the short letter is basically a pep talk to the faithful. Here's an excerpt:
I can't stress this enough. When we hooked up with Google, literally the guidance was about like this: "You guys have created some really cool stuff and built a wonderful company. Keep doing cool stuff!" This is exactly why we did the deal. I can't tell you how many times Mountain View has already said to Boulder (we're all one Google) "we're not going to tell you what to do".
Google brought SketchUp into the family for our product expertise, creativity, passionate users and ability to execute. The synergy is fantastic here. SketchUp is in good hands - ours! So, I have a favor to ask. Give us some time to prove it to you. In the nearly 6 years I/we have been communicating with you we have always tried our best to be honest and open. That will not change.
You can read the entire post and the comments that follow on the SketchUp Forums site.
-- RSN