re: Fabber manufacturing

From: bvanhiel@nordson.com
Date: Fri Aug 06 1999 - 22:27:32 EEST


Marshall,

I couldn't resist....

I ask you to think back to the days of the atomic bomb and ask yourself if
you could have foreseen fission powered-vehicles. Think back to all of
your old Popular Mechanics, and ask if you could have foreseen the
heli-car. After the moon landing how long did you think it would be before
we had a lunar luxury resort? What happened to my interactive 3d
television? Where is my 'paperless office'? It's 1999! Why arn't I
living in an orbiting colony? Where is my personal robot? Why arn't I
talking on a holographic videophone?

Technology doesn't always go the way we expect it to. Fabbers will move
towards your envisioned destiny. Maybe they'll get derailed by some
unforseen constraint, maybe they won't. In the meantime I'm not buying any
more 3D stock.

-Brian

*** Brian VanHiel - Mech. Eng. - Nordson Corp - bvanhiel@nordson.com ***

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