I have been out of the industry for 10 years now, but in my last year or two saw the boutique cnc machine tool builders enter the market and was that a nightmare. They used pc based stuff and it was like being part of the r&d dept everytime things went wrong. Parts replacements were the same. Get a replacement lcd and find they changed supplier and the plugs are arse about. Not very professional at all. That's what is worrying me about the new guys. I love moving forward but would feel more comfortable if a big player did it. In my example people like fanuc or mazak, or in pinball, stern or williams. It would give me a little more confidence that these guys had the dollar backing to maybe look after me in the future......but no guarantee of course......you still take a risk with pc tech forever leaping forward


Btw I'm not a ipad 1 or holden mark 1or dos 3.00 kinda a guy. More ipad2 holden mark3 or dos 3.1 or 3.2. At least you hope most of the bugs are sorted etc