[Jewelry making - Article 00203] - Re: [Orchid] Keeping trade secrets

[Daniel Spirer]

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>     Are you open and transparent about how you make things, and who
>     your suppliers are? Or do you keep that information a secret?

    I think the problem with this thread on Orchid is that most of the
    Orchid community is here because they DO believe in sharing
    information about all things. So probably just about everyone will
    answer that they do share their information. On the other hand, I
    know from past discussions about this on Orchid that many people on
    Orchid have worked with people who wouldn't share any information.
    IMHO I don't think anyone benefits from keeping "trade" secrets and
    it IS one of the reasons I do participate here. However with the
    growth of the internet and the massive amount of information
    available now to anyone because of it, I think we can look at most of
    the "information hiders" as being the dinosaurs they are, since just
    about anything is available over the internet. 

Daniel R. Spirer, G.G.
Daniel R. Spirer Jewelers, LLC
1780 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
617-234-4392
daniel AT spirerjewelers.com
www.spirerjewelers.com

 
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