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From: André Dolenc (Helsinki University of Technology)
To: RP-ML
Date: Wednesday, August 11, 1993
"Brock Hinzmann" writes:
 >  Soligen, when it first started, suggested a network of service bureaus
 > and a central service, where someone sends in their design and gets back a cast
 > metal part from the nearest service bureau within three to five days. Nice
 > idea, but they dropped it when they ran out of cash.
     I dropped a similar idea to 3D Systems (GmbH) during an informal conversation and the (quick) conclusion was that this concept was against their interests.
     More specifically, if such a network would maximize machine utilization then this was against their 
interests. It does, however, sound good from the end-user's point-of-view.
Regards,
Andre'