Quote from I believe a 2002 interview

"Macuarium. Is e-on software's intention to keep it alone or could it be merged with other large 3D/digital firms as Autodesk/Discreet or Nemetschek/Maxon?

e-on. We’re actually quite happy to be alone! Imagine, nobody to tell us what we should do! We can dedicate 100% of our time to crafting tools that users will love!" http://www.macuarium.com/macuarium/actual/especiales/2002_08_02_e-ongb.shtml