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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: More on - Produce Quick & Cheap PCBs with a CNC paper cutter

From: Mark Lerman <mlerman@...>
Date: 2012-09-13

I think they make much of their money by selling "cartridges" with
designs, so they probably don't want users to be able to import their
own designs. Sort of like Epson trying to force users to buy Epson ink.

At 11:31 PM 9/12/2012, you wrote:
>I never understood this sort of behaviour.
>
>Surely the more software the product is supported by or can work
>with, the more likely people will buy it because they know they can
>use it with that software.
>
>Blocking 3rd party vendors out says to me "Don't buy our product, as
>we won't let you do anything with it"
>
>
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>--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, David Mitchell <gossiphog@...> wrote:
>
> > Make-the-Cut is an easy-to-use and full featured vector cutter control
> > program that works with Silhouette and many other brands, but no longer
> > with Cricut due to lawsuits by Provocraft.
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