I thought it fairly open-ended. Perhaps there was a little bit more evolution than by the end of either of the TV series, but there was no paradigm shift similar to the end of the original manga that would preclude some kind of new story in the vein of the same kind of police procedural/techno-thriller.
I wouldn't be surprised if I.G rolled out a new series sometimes in the future. They don't have to, certainly, but GITS is financially a sound and proven investment, so they just might.
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