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The lightscape analogy pales in comparison.
Lightscape had a limited functional appeal, and could only really relate to high end rendering gurus. Revit, on the otherhand, is far beyond a one-off rendering tool. It was designed from the ground up to redefine how users interact with a 3D model that is represented in the form of CD's. It is a solution that exceeds anything that lightscape could ever dream of providing because it has such broad appeal, (and ultimately goals.)

If revit, or the BIM opportunity fails, blame not autodesk, or a failed marketing plan, but a profession so steeped in cynicism that it turns its back on an obvious winner. I suppose architects do love tragedy. Who are we to look to for inspiration? Borromini or Bernini? Both so accomplished, yet such different lifestyles.....