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Used to be that “Going to that big place in the sky” was a euphemism for death, but now it signifies forward-thinking companies looking to take advantage of distributed computing power. In an article called “Industrial design moving to the clouds,” Manufacturer’s Monthly reports that SolidWorks is moving towards cloud computing. SolidWorks CEO Jeff Ray says the time is ripe, now that others have paved the way:

“We are naturally cautious and pessimistic. And that’s a good thing because we are designing airplanes and motor cars. We need to design from a high level of scepticism…. What it means is that by the time we in the engineering community start to use this technology it’s already been shaken out in the commercial world.

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