Matt sells out?

Imagine my shock and horror when visiting Matt Lombard's blog this weekend
to read he is not only hanging up his mean ass SW ranger hat but plastering
the den walls with gratuitous 'advertising'. and probably life-size
portraits of the SW management team..ugh!

Matt has finally caved to financial pressure - or has he?.
Who got to him?

Perhaps Matt enjoyed his overseas holiday more than he let on and is making
sure he has one next year...
Following the successful calling home of Mike Puckett Solidworks must have
put out a wider message to other zombies to rise as well.
I strongly suspect those innocent glowing phone home USB gadgets that were
given out a while ago are the medium for this terror.
They laughed about it at the time but its all come to pass.
Beware the next step is universal blank screens and then implants of SW
serial no.s.

Please if you have a loved one in your household who uses and cares about
Solidworks more than they should chain them to something solid over the
festive season.
It may sound cruel and they will plead and whimper to be denied blog and
modelling time but it is in the wider interests of humanity to defeat this
poodle army.

Soon it will be only Jon and me left defending truth, justice beauty and
(e)quality in the CAD world.
Fear not no shrill shilling will trumpet from these threads however
attractive the poison challis of commercialism.

Liberty or die!!
Have a nice break this New Year folks.
oh... and lets be careful out there!....

 

what about good ol' bob z.? we all know bob z. has been pretty lame
here lately, but don't count him out!

bob z.

 

Mr z.
We all recognise you to be the ultimate warrior in the fight against the
machine.
Please don't apologise for recent 'lameness'.

....such humility from a selfless hero....
the complete lack of 'I' in your character is a marvel and inspiration to us
all.
We all know you have battled and terminated more robotic IT staff on sunny
Friday afternoons than anyone...

The SW zombies are prevalent but not pervasive
First we take back Manhattan and then Berlin.
We will need your support for the final assault on Concorde
Stay in touch...
Remember the code name for this operation is 'Barbie burner'
Pity about Matt he was one of our best men...

later

 

So Matt has put away his SWord and gone back to the plow. Not too
surprised, really. Matt had hinted that he may be tired of fighting
and wished to spend more time writing about how to actually do things
in SW.

Will he fight no more forever? Who can tell; perhaps not even Matt
knows. He has done much and owes us nothing.

 

Friends I need to follow up this post here because Matt is not allowed to
appear outside controlled environments let alone dash unaccompanied by
marketing minders through dark alleys inhabited by anti-Barbie mutants and
random stand-ups...
This happens when you are taken but you need not fear for him
He will be going to a better place one day.


Here is the remainder of a note dropped through the drain covers the mice
were too proud to eat:

....I knew I was gonna take some heat for this, and with 3 votes cast and a
1.33 rating, well, that’s what I deserve.......I assure you.. SolidWorks
corp has nothing to do with my decision to run ads...

My heart breaks to read this...
I do remember a time fairly recently when Matt had profound things to say
about commercial blogs and what a scourge on the dignity of professionalism
they were
I am pretty sure too that such was his contempt for these low life floggers
that he distinguished between real bloggers and commercial bloggers in his
link lists.
And now as we know he has been taken and bent and twisted horribly until
there is no continuity left

At times of trouble and internationally shared sorrow like this
woe-be-gotten incident - the loss of Matt to 'the far side' - a place where
car salesmen rule and zombies are your only friends -we must remember our
roots and the principals that made our profession great and noble.
We can draw strength from the promise that 'yes we can' if only the bastards
would get out of our way..
Here is a practical lesson to all free CADsters
Stray into the comfort zone and there is no 'save as'
Be vigilant always my fellows

PS
I found this part of a note on the ground next to a violin case abandoned
by buskers that were like wise too proud..

....I put out a tip jar and neil didn’t put anything in it..

Now this is confusing because I did put a tip in the jar - it was a star -
they are worth a lot in some parts of the SW galaxy
I don't know why the counter didn't register it properly so I did it twice
and the total came to 1.25 - work that one out - must be broken or
something...

Anyway readers wishing to contribute to a memorial service for Matt are
welcome to send their monies to me directly and I will see they are
converted into stars ASAP.
Flowers can be sent to Matt's house provided they are good surface models -
Realview is appreciated

 

BTW each year about this time I try to generate a little early holiday
spirit on the forums to offset the depression of using Solidworks for 11
months

I would like to wish everyone who comes here including all those people on
my blocked senders list like brewertr a Happy and prosperous New Year
despite themselves.

It can only get better for some folks with hungry mortgages and children and
uncertain employment I know...

best regards
Neil

 

ah no sorry I am telling the truth
I have been checking up today via Google Groups to see if Matt has replied
to my teasing
I cant actually see your posts in my news reader which is why I am replying
to my own post here and above.
cheers

 

And I still have no idea why my name was dropped.