tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615478772815290200.post5013899741629919837..comments2024-02-21T19:57:00.859+01:00Comments on 3D printer improvements: Presenting my eBay Ultimaker clone (part 2): the headJeremie Francoishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02984201174566394892noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615478772815290200.post-68976123547955655162013-04-13T22:41:42.867+02:002013-04-13T22:41:42.867+02:00Hi Jeremie,
I happen to know about most of the ni...Hi Jeremie,<br /><br />I happen to know about most of the nice and impressive things you've contributed and now I know there are even more. I should have mentioned that my earlier message was not meant to place any blame or you. I just explained that a new buyer of a clone product that knowingly chooses a clone should understand that this has implications. Your case was different. I think you end up getting customer support and community acceptance because you've deserved/earned that.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />ErikErik de Bruijnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09433438819279256757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615478772815290200.post-72001867618425080262013-04-12T15:34:31.911+02:002013-04-12T15:34:31.911+02:00(deleted/edited to fix typos and make it shorter)
...(deleted/edited to fix typos and make it shorter)<br /><br />Actually I did not buy my printer with this state of mind. At the time I would have had to wait for months from your company, I was in a hurry and I even bought almost the same price tag as the real & official printer. As said, I was confused by the "open hardware" policy, and I failed to realize that it was plain wrong to use your brand name. It is also not very ethical, but I did not realize at that time neither that Ultimaker was not a non-profit organization, sorry for that.<br /><br />Now I fully disagree when you say I could be "sponsoring" the bad guys given the time I spend on promoting the Ultimaker one way or another:<br /><br />- look for "ultimaker review" in google and check the first entry - a blogpost of mine, where I say how impressive the quality of the Ultimaker is. At the end of the post you will even see a nasty pun to your main competitor! ;)<br /><br />- this blog is somehow popular with 10K+ visits a month. While I write about general things, the title makes it clear that I just like the Ultimaker<br /><br />- many of my designs are related to the Ultimaker (1K+ downloads a month on http://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=mooncactus). This probably helps your customers feelings that they get an active and willing community.<br /><br />- I also participate significantly in the Google ultimaker forum, and posted some ideas in the "modification and hacks" official Ultimaker forum.<br /><br />- the first third-party plugin for Cura was, I think, my wood shades. This promotes also the very Ultimaker-friendly Cura (which is now officially sponsored by Ultimaker btw). By the way, my wooden owl was featured on wired.com, where it stands on the corner of my Ultimaker.<br /><br />- did some extremely positive visibility at my fablab and with my 80+ coworkers<br /><br />Note how this time does not help my own business reciprocally ;)<br /> <br />Now there is always room for improvement, and this blog is all about it -- and hey, that is also free advertising, Erik! :)<br /><br />--cheers, sorry for this long reply<br />Jeremie<br />Jeremie Francoishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02984201174566394892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615478772815290200.post-64979722392830683932013-04-11T00:40:03.891+02:002013-04-11T00:40:03.891+02:00Although you're buying from someone you happen...Although you're buying from someone you happen to know is selling a clone, not everyone will know this is the case. You're effectively sponsoring a seller who confuses people by using a (brand) name we spend lots of energy, time and money to build. The fact that we have spent a 5 figure number to limit misuse of our name hints at the kind of investment that is meant to defend. It is a 6 figure number, but also 25 people's favorite jobs. We don't want to keep people from innovating in this name. We just want customers to be treated fairly when they buy a product and not lose reputation through a clone product.Erik de Bruijnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09433438819279256757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615478772815290200.post-32472992475189160172012-11-05T09:16:11.383+01:002012-11-05T09:16:11.383+01:00Anyhow, and that is fine, the seller stopped selli...Anyhow, and that is fine, the seller stopped selling the clone as far as I know. I've also added a link to the latest Ultimaker hot end official revision (2012-11-05), since it outperforms this head anyway. The goal of this post really was to showcase the possible differences and feed back the community.<br /><br />Now I am still a bit uncomfortable about why an opensource licence prevents any kind of sale, apart from Brand name & copyright though. Eg. UM itself is selling the kit, or Red Hat is selling service over open source software.<br />Would you or someone at Ultimaker have a link explaining this with much clarity?<br />Jeremie Francoishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02984201174566394892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615478772815290200.post-14001989906980168752012-11-04T11:46:39.352+01:002012-11-04T11:46:39.352+01:00Actually, the UM license doesn't allow commerc...Actually, the UM license doesn't allow commercial use, so the eBay sellers are in violation with the license no matter what they do.<br /><br />The quality of eBay kits ranges from good to very bad.Daidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01585226907158003094noreply@blogger.com