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Solidworks and Dassault:

Solidworks and Dassault:

Solidworks and Dassault:

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http://www.swcommunity.com/news_full.php?cpfeatureid=20276
 
Dassault to Expand SolidWorks Channel

The SolidWorks reseller channel will be changed to known as the Dassault Systemes Volume Channel, said Bernard Charles, CEO of Dassault Systemes, the company that owns SolidWorks. Dassault will be using SolidWorks to sell Dassault's volume products. Also, Dassault will be asserting its corporate identity more with SolidWorks, along with other products such as DELMIA, in order to make it clear that these are product lines, or brands, rather than independent companies.

"There was some confusion before with SolidWorks Corp, Delmia Corp and so on," said Charles. "People should understand they are all parts of Dassault Systemes."

The remarks marked the first real crossover between Dassault and SolidWorks. Though Dassault bought SolidWorks back in 1997, the companies seemed to continue to operate independently. For example, SolidWorks has maintained all of its top executives when, typically, the acquiring company would seek to control the acquired company by installing its own executives.

Also, no significant changes were seen in marketing and sales operation. Now it appears that Dassault has finally found way to make use of the company: by using a reseller channel that -- while not the biggest -- is arguably the most ferociously loyal and motivated of them all.

When pressed to name what products Dassault would be pumping into the "volume channel" in the future, Charles was not clear. However, there were hints that Dassault would be soon known not just for its enterprise products but for less expensive products, more in line with the SolidWorks product line.

Another take on it: http://www.evanyares.com/

Scott Baugh, CSWP pc2
www.scottjbaugh.com
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and then will follow increase of prices for subscriptions/maintenance.

RE: Solidworks and Dassault:

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Well I don't think they will increase the cost... it would be ridiculous if they did, because Solidedge and Inventor is a competitor. That would seal SW fate. I don’t think they are stupid enough to do such a drastic thing… they are the ones that curbed the cost down and made it more affordable for all the maw and paw shops to afford to go to 3D CAD. Why would they jeopardize that?

I don’t think it’s a good idea for Dassualt to step in on this. They should just SW do their own thing. They have been running fine without them and they need to leave SW alone. They are making Dassualt enough money as is… only thing that would be nice is if they allowed Catia files to be imported in SW natively. That would be a huge advantage for SW to have that ability and not have to get into 3rd party applications.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP pc2
www.scottjbaugh.com
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