Shawn Arnold wrote: > > snip < > > Has the market reached a point where outsourcing of these typically internal > resources is a valid business model and under what conditions would you use, > or not use, this type of service? Hello, Shawn - We've looked at this, as it appears on the surface to be a fit with our high-end PCB design services. Using high value tools with highly skilled staff on a project basis would seem parallel and a natural fit for our business model. In our case, we felt that IP boundaries may be fragile if we were to do hardware correlation with customer "A" and then wind up using the same devices with customer "B". I've grown very sensitive to these IP situations and may be inflicting more concern than the market really has. If so I'd love to hear that from this list as well. Best regards, -- Jeff Seeger Applied CAD Knowledge Inc Chief Technical Officer Tyngsboro, MA 01879 jseeger "at" appliedcad "dot" com 978 649 9800 ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu