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I didn’t realize what I was hearing when I witnessed Vic Leventhal’s presentation at the Tri-Valley SolidWorks User Group (T-VSWUG<\/a>) kick-off meeting.\u00a0 He made a comment about Jon Hirschtick (co-founder of SolidWorks) and the movie 21 almost in passing.<\/p>\n

I made my own little presentation <\/a>at this new SWUG to support the new group at its kick-off meeting.\u00a0 I have my own article <\/a>about the meeting.\u00a0 Gabi Jack (another Blog Squad <\/a>member) happened to record Vic Leventhal’s presentation<\/a>.\u00a0 This single act has turned out to be at the center of recent buzz in the SolidWorks community about the new movie 21<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Vic Leventhal mentions that Jon Hirschtick was part of the MIT Blackjack team and that he used money earned from that effort to start SolidWorks.<\/p>\n

I ask a question that has already been answered in a rather spectacular way.\u00a0 “Was Jon Hirschtick, co-founder of SolidWorks, part of the former MIT Blackjack team that the movie 21 is about?”\u00a0 Jason Raak at RockSolid Perspective <\/a>asked this question in a recent article on his blog.\u00a0 He mentioned how he studied Mrs. Jack’s video of Vic Leventhal’s speech.\u00a0 He also linked to another source that made the connection in a news article.\u00a0 And, he disclaimered his comments about the link between the movie and Mr. Hirschtick by saying he hadn’t heard from him about this matter.<\/p>\n

Well, the very first comment to his article is Jon Hirschtick himself responding with an undeniable confirmation that he was indeed involved in the MIT Blackjack team!\u00a0 Assuming this comment is actually from Jon Hirschtick, this is prolly the best comment that has ever been placed on any SolidWorks community blog.\u00a0 If it wasn’t for that comment, I wouldn’t have even wrote this article.\u00a0 I invite anyone who hasn’t seen the RockSolid Perspective article to go HERE<\/strong><\/a> now to check out Mr. Hirschtick’s comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I didn’t realize what I was hearing when I witnessed Vic Leventhal’s presentation at the Tri-Valley SolidWorks User Group (T-VSWUG) kick-off meeting.\u00a0 He made a comment about Jon Hirschtick (co-founder of SolidWorks) and the movie 21 almost in passing. 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