RE: Elaine's RPUG idea

From: DANIEL CHARLES DAVIS (DANIEL@proton.com.my)
Date: Wed Aug 12 1998 - 04:22:10 EEST

Steve & Jim & all,

Exactly the point of an international conference. Maybe sharing is not
common anymore in the US, but elsewhere it is. The RP market is not as
competitive(?) outside the US and as I said, most machines are captive
or in the hands of academics. This means that sharing information is
not threating, only helpful.

I find it a shame that the US RP community has closed itself. Free
transfer of information allows more stable and faster growth benefiting
all. No shared information leads to stagnancy. (Hmmmm, sound
familiar?) 

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Regards,
Dan Davis
PROTON Rapid Prototyping Center
Hicom Industrial Estate
Batu Tiga, PO Box 7100
Shah Alam, 40918 Selangor MALAYSIA
+60 3 515-2380 phone/fax

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Deak, Steve [SMTP:SDeak@hasbro.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, August 11, 1998 7:43 PM
> To:	'DANIEL CHARLES DAVIS'
> Cc:	'RP Mailing List'
> Subject:	RE: Elaine's RPUG idea
> 
> 	Dan:
> 
> 	Exactly my point.  You seen one, you've practically seen them
> all.
> That's why I've stayed off the speaking circuit this year.  We're
> doing more
> of the same  (with some refinements, so who wants to hear it again?).
> 
> 
> 	Since the market is so competitive, (OEM's, Service Bureaus, and
> others) do you really expect the SHARING on a USER-LEVEL?  This type
> of
> information  was typical 5 years ago, but not today in the age of
> "proprietary processes".  Can this be a new level of openness on the
> rise in
> RP?
> 
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> 
> > ----------
> > From: 	DANIEL CHARLES DAVIS[SMTP:DANIEL@proton.com.my]
> > Sent: 	Tuesday, August 11, 1998 2:59 AM
> > To: 	rp-ml@ltk.hut.fi
> > Subject: 	RE: Elaine's RPUG idea
> > 
> 	........SNIP......
> > There seem to be a feeling on the RP-ML that machine-specific user
> group
> > meetings and SME-RPA conventions are not delivering what is
> expected.
> > Could that be because they are the same presenters at the same
> venues
> > speaking to the same participants about the same subjects?
> ....SNIP......
> > 
> > 
> 
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