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Stratasys Acquiring MakerBot

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Re: Stratasys Acquiring MakerBot

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Post by fudged71 »

Well this is exciting. I suppose we'll see a much larger lineup of affordable desktop printers with better technology as well, in larger markets.

I've heard of a lot of problems with the replicators, yet they're still incredibly popular, so hopefully we'll see all those issues ironed out.

Congrats to both companies!

Re: Stratasys Acquiring MakerBot

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Post by revelation »

emilepetrone wrote: post #6

Has anyone heard if they will take the tech back towards open or move in a closed direction? I don't know much about Statasys but I'm guessing they are a closed company and their machines aren't open sourced?

Statasys is the company that unilaterally suspended a leasing contract for one of their more professional targeted printers after the leaser used it to print lower receivers and other various gun parts.

I'm not too sure they are up to par with the freedoms open source is meant to afford.

Re: Stratasys Acquiring MakerBot

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Post by petercooper »

dwild wrote: post #8

Is there an expert here that can explain this valuation? They only sold 22k 3D printer and they don't really innovate agains't open-source 3D printer.

Sorry, I'm no expert but it seems there's a huge future and a heck of a lot of excitement around 3D printing. Supposedly they've sold 22,000 printers and a deal for $403 million is the equivalent of $18k per unit sold. Given units sell for about $2k, this seems to be a deal focusing heavily on the technology, future and potential rather than the business fundamentals (but, as always, a disclaimer.. I could be wrong ;-)).
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