The parallels here are way too many to not draw the same conclusions. After announcing a $99 price for their Alibre Design product in 2010, they ended up selling out to 3D Systems in 2011. I cannot but compare this with what happened with Alibre Inc.

In my opinion, HSMWorks initiated this acquisition conversation because they were in financial trouble or the founders were just tired of not gaining any traction in the marketplace. Connect the dots and I am almost certain that this was a fire sale. It is a small company trying to keep the lights on. They gave away a whopping 1/3 of their entire portfolio.

CAM industry insiders will remember the HSMWorks a year ago in SolidWorks world 2011, made a big splash and offered a free 2-1/2 axis program. But I would beg to differ on this opinion. First question that comes to my mind is why in the world are the HSMWorks founders selling out? The conventional wisdom seems to be that the founders of HSMWorks are cashing out after Autodesk came in with an offer they could not refuse.

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