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In lugnet.events.legoworld, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> Here is a rough transcription from Brad's talk at LegoWorld 2003 on Saturday
> evening.
> A: yes, everyone wants everything (laughter). We have a SKU crunch… 3 years ago
> there was maybe 500. we are slowly bringing that down, we are under 400 now.
I wonder why that is (the SKU crunch).
> Q: Ben Beneke: Quality… dark blue and dark red colors seem shiny and transparent
> which is not normal coloration… the new colors look cheap to some of us… why is
> it?
> A: No specific answer. We do change color formulations and plastic suppliers.
> Also (Jake) dark blue just looks different… it’s a more vivid color (lime green
> is bright) in some cases and a duller color (dark red is dull) in some cases.
Some of the dark blue parts that I have (from R2D2) are all over the map
consistancy wise. There is an issue here.
> Q: DD for Mac?
> A: no
Bummer. They really don't get it do they. Mac is the premier OS on a PC. Lego
is the premier building toy set. They should be desirous of having Mac support.
> talk ended.
>
> ++Lar
Many, many thanks for the transcript Lar
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In lugnet.events.legoworld, Ray Sanders wrote:
> In lugnet.events.legoworld, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > Q: DD for Mac?
> > A: no
>
> Bummer. They really don't get it do they. Mac is the premier OS on a PC. Lego
> is the premier building toy set. They should be desirous of having Mac support.
Not to get into an OS war, but Lego's frequently said they tailor towards the
large market group (which is why so few of the AFOL demands get incorporated).
The Mac market probably just isn't big enough for them to justify the
development costs. It's what, 5% of total PC sales? It's not that they don't
"get it", it's that for them it doesn't make good business sense.
Adrian
http://www.brickfrenzy.com
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In lugnet.events.legoworld, Ray Sanders wrote:
> > Q: DD for Mac?
> > A: no
>
> Bummer. They really don't get it do they. Mac is the premier OS on a PC. Lego
> is the premier building toy set. They should be desirous of having Mac support.
Premier doesn't necessarily equal dominant. (more's the pity, sometimes) Given
that DD is free on the PC, how much would you willingly pay for DD on the Mac?
If your answer is "it should be free" then it should be clear why they didn't do
it.
> Many, many thanks for the transcript Lar
My pleasure, as always. I'm just sorry we (and this was a team effort, Jan
Albert Van Ree worked very VERY hard behind the scenes to get me connectivity)
weren't able to get this to the community sooner.
++Lar
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