If they care about the product they can do something about it.
It might cost them their job, they might need to start the company that lets them write a better product.
I do not think that your suggestion of swimming in the same channels that have produced, or do not produce measurable results is the answer. However a combination of methods must be employed as the status quo, only leads to more of the same.
"We can not solve a problem with the same level of thinking that created it." A Einstein
It' is time to try another approach, such that the solution is no longer the problem.
I think I finally get your point. The black and white, raw truth and nonwavering mission. I think that you don't do yourself justice by associating yourself with Autodesk in any way, and I am not trying to be cheeky here. Seriously, the market could use a grass roots, open source, no-nonsense, transparent software package.
No Dana, you most likely do not get my point. Notice that I do disassociate myself from Autodesk, I train people to use the products, I do NOT sell them.
Here is another insight into who I am. (call Roy's Auto and ask)
They worked on my truck engine, replacing a front seal and sending unit.
On driving it home, I noticed that the sending unit was still leaking.
They replaced.
I drove the vehicle three to four hundred miles. The next time I drove the vehicle the OIL light remained LIT.
I pull forward, and notice a large ominous stream of oil on the ground.
The shop sent a flat bed.
Fast forward to a conversation where I questioned HOW they determined what seal to fix in the first place, and if they measured my oil pressure then? They had not, and could not verify that they were responsible for the 'damage' to my engine that now had the engine oil pressure at 90 psi the instant the engine was started, and climbing to frightening (head gasket blowing) pressure at idle.
A year later, when they had disassembled my engine, as I had suggested they discovered the 'problem' and fixed it.
However IF, I had not insisted that the problem was as they diagnosed, most likely that truck would now be in a scrap yard. Luckily I know enough about engines, and software, that I knew the 'problem' was not as diagnosed and the 'solution' based on the bad diagnostics did not yield a 'repair'
However in getting to this place, a REAL working solution; I am certain that every mechanic at that shop thought me the largest rectum in the known universe. However there was some measure of professional respect gained when my persistence yielded the actual problem and solution. They even thanked me for my patience and persistence. The truck runs fine, and they learned that the customer just might know something. Now I can't say that they still don't reffer to me as 'that giant rectum', because admittedly I can be one, It did get the job done.
Think about this, I was willing to wait an entire YEAR for the repair, and I did not bother them weekly, or even monthly. I left them alone to resolve the problem.
Comparatively; I have been even more patient with autodesk considering I have been using the products since version 2.x.
Perhaps now you have a better understanding of who I am. If not I can send you a link to some of the art I create, and you will see that I understand far more than black, and white.