Calling these entities "factories" is silly. Factories, as traditionally understood, stamp out identical copies of a product. That is not the purpose of these o

Calling these entities "factories" is silly. Factories, as traditionally understood, stamp out identical copies of a product. That is not the purpose of these organizations. Yes, they intend to generate other businesses, but these business will not be copies. Update: I'm not criticizing the thread here; the article used the term.