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Topic: MakerBot in acquisition talks

Could stir up things in the world of 3d printing.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57587 … ys-report/

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2 Reply by IanJohnson

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Re: MakerBot in acquisition talks

I've seen the opinion stated a few times at the Makerbot Google group that this has been their end goal, and staying as open source as they had been would make them less attractive as an acquisition.

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Re: MakerBot in acquisition talks

IanJohnson wrote:

...staying as open source as they had been would make them less attractive as an acquisition.


agree.  I wonder if this will start a trend of buying up all the 3D printer start-ups.

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Re: MakerBot in acquisition talks

SolidSmack had a post on it too:

http://solidsmack.com/cad-design-news/r … e-horizon/

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