Also, take a look at our stand at San Francisco: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jabella/9898859083/in/set-72157635805387163
See that we still have UM-Originals on there? We still see this as an important machine, will keep supporting it, it will get upgrade kits.
Lol! :smile: That was New York. I know Americans get Holland, Netherlands, Norway, and Denmark confused so I forgive you for confusing New York and San Francisco :smile:
Especially since you got stuck in The Netherlands while half your company was in New York City.
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To be honest, one needs to be deeply immersed in this community to see any hints (or rather interpreting the absence of activity as a hint). UM made a good decision: the 2 machines are very distinct, and both have their merits: UM1 is a perfect machine for tinkering and really learning a lot about 3D printing, and getting really nice results, while the UM2 is more geared towards normal consumers who want to print something (it is not as open to tinkering as the UM1 was). The UM2 was released at a conference in NYC (I was there) and it was a good event, and many were able to see it. I think this strategy was far more honest than announcing a new printer, and not delivering for another 4-8 months, plus having to deal with all the changes that could happen in those 4-8 months, and potentially 100's of unhappy, waiting and nagging customers (usually a PR nightmare). accusing UM employees for being dishonest is unfair as well: they have to follow the rules the company sets, or risk loosing their job. having only a handful of remotely unhappy customers isn't so bad in this context.
I think the UM strategy around the UM2 release was fair.
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