Hey Jeff,
No apology needed for me either. I re-read my post and realized I sounded like I was attacking you personally ... that wasnt my intent ... I apologize as well if this is how it was taken.
The Zeiss is very very nice line of equipment, high quality and a very good name ... unfortunately for me, I compete against them with the Brown & Sharpe line of CMM's ... I wish we could represent the Zeiss line.

What brand of CNC equipment do you guys use? Haas? Mazak? Okuma? Cincinatti? Mori Seiki?