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They are also getting the branding and employees, which I would imagine are where most of the worth is.

Also, the MakerBot Replicator 2, which has sold more units than all previous models combined, is mostly not at all opensource.

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it's definitely not a talent acquisition. most of the valuable employees left in the past few years.

Do you have a lot of knowledge of their team's background and what Stratasys wanted from this deal? Without a clear definition of what's valuable here that's a sweeping judgement.

it is quasi-public knowledge that Makerbot has been hemorrhaging engineers for the past few years, and continues to suffer a high turnover rate due to a toxic work environment. you're right, i have firsthand knowledge about what exactly Stratasys wanted from this deal, but what i do know is that it doesn't make very much sense to acquire the company for its engineering team.

I assume you meant "I don't have firsthand knowledge"

thanks that is what i meant.

I happen to have first hand knowledge that two extremely good engineers fucked off when things started going closed and ugly and immoral.

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