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Re: Microsoft and LEGO Company Announce a Shared Doom
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 13 Jan 2001 19:03:33 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jonathan Mizner writes:
> Run! Microsoft is coming! Microsoft is coming!
> Must-not-be-assimilated-by a-gigantic-corporation! Run! <End transmission>
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> Come on, this is getting stupid. Why do companys nowadays seem insistant
> on forming completely dumb alliances (for money?)? It's kind of like those
> T.G.I. Friday + Fit commercials that make no sense. I just hope that
> Microsoft doesn't alter actual sets any. Only time will tell if this helps
> Lego, or hurts. I really wish Lego would give a completely accurate report
> about the company's status. Is it out there somewhere?
They must be hurting really bad in order to do something this desperate.
Either that or they want to get M$ and Disney to bid against either other for
the sale of the company in 2005. :-)
--Todd
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| (...) So long as TLG remains privately owned, they remain free from hordes of stock analysts and professional chattering classes (and Yahoo Finance yahoos) telling them how they should run the company. "Come out with movie tie-ins! Everybody else is (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Run! Microsoft is coming! Microsoft is coming! Must-not-be-assimilated-by a-gigantic-corporation! Run! <End transmission> Come on, this is getting stupid. Why do companys nowadays seem insistant on forming completely dumb alliances (for (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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