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Subject: 
Re: LDraw.org to change name to be more accepting to other brands
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
Date: 
Mon, 2 Apr 2001 17:22:15 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Tim Courtney writes:
> It doesn't take much to figure out that the 'L' in 'LDraw' stands for LEGO.  Us
> here at LDraw.org have been concerned recently with the discriminatory message
> this might send towards clone brands.  Clone brand bricks have struggled
> against LEGO because of LEGO's superior quality for years.

Fool me six times, shame on you.  Fool me seven times, shame on me.

;-)

Cheers,
- jsproat



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  LDraw.org to change name to be more accepting to other brands
 
Hello everybody - It has come to my attention recently that the name 'LDraw' in 'LDraw.org' is a tad discriminating against other brands of building blocks. It's with a heavy heart that I announce that the site will be changing its name in the near (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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