From: Chris Bradshaw
To: Autodesk employees worldwide
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 93 09:05:02 PST
Subject: AutoCAD LT will NOT support AutoLISP LT
AutoCAD LT for Windows will not support AutoLISP LT in the final shipping version. In fact, AutoCAD LT will not support AutoLISP at all.
On November 1, 1993 we sent out a ``Pre-Release Guide for Authorized Autodesk Dealers and Sales Representatives.'' This Guide included a pre-release version of AutoCAD LT and several sales and marketing documents describing AutoCAD LT. Included in the Features and Benefits section of the Guide was a table containing the AutoLISP commands that were supported in the pre-release version of the software provided in the guide. This subset of AutoLISP was referred to as AutoLISP LT. The decision has been made to remove AutoLISP LT functionality from the final shipping version of AutoCAD LT.
All other feature and product information in the Pre-Release Guide accurately describes the planned final shipping version of AutoCAD LT (i.e. there are no other changes planned).
On November 2, 1993 we announced AutoCAD LT for Windows to the press and stated that AutoCAD LT would ship in Q4 FY94. We are still on schedule to release AutoCAD LT in Q4 FY94.
Additional information on this change will be forthcoming. A final Reseller Launch Kit containing updated Features & Benefits, Q&A, etc. will be sent to everyone who received the Pre-Release Guide in the next several weeks.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me via email.
Thanks,
Chris
From: Chris Bradshaw
To: Autodesk employees worldwide
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 93 12:56:40 PST
Subject: AutoLISP not in AutoCAD LT
On November 11th, I sent an email to World notifying you that AutoCAD LT would not include AutoLISP support in the final shipping version. That is still the case--AutoCAD LT will not support AutoLISP.
Since then I have received numerous calls and emails on this topic. Many of you want to know what the official position is on this change and how is it being communicated to the press, dealers, distributors, and customers that might have been told that AutoCAD LT would contain AutoLISP LT. Hopefully, this email will help set the record straight.
The official reason AutoCAD LT will not support AutoLISP is:
The target customers for AutoCAD LT for Windows are seeking an easy to learn and use, affordable, design and drafting package that provides 100 percent file compatibility with AutoCAD. Recent market research indicates that AutoLISP functionality is not a requirement for these customers. Therefore, AutoCAD LT customization will include the following easy to use, user-oriented, capabilities: changing toolbar and toolbox icons, modifying pull-down menus, and creating command scripts.
Jim Quanci has already notified US developers about this change. A similar message will be going out to all US dealers shortly. PR will be contacting all members of the US press briefed on AutoCAD LT next week. Finally, a similar message will be posted to CompuServe.
For those of you in countries outside of the US, you need to be sure to notify everyone briefed on AutoCAD LT prior to November 11th about this change to the final shipping version of AutoCAD LT. A Reseller Kit for AutoCAD LT will sent out in mid-December to all who received a copy of the Pre-Release Guide for AutoCAD LT. AutoCAD LT is still on schedule to ship in Q4 FY94.
In the mean time, if you have any questions about AutoCAD LT, please feel free to contact me.
Chris Bradshaw
Product Marketing Manager
Editor: John Walker