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Re: Why Lego hates educators (was Re: Lego Studio)
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Sun, 4 Jun 2000 02:51:56 GMT
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Dave,
I'll have to agree with Nicholas, 90% of the "government" schools in my area are
using PC platforms now, and I think its safe to say that the percentage of homes
are also PC based. So I wouldn't group the education market and Macs together.
Even though I'm not a Mac person, I am surprised that LEGO doesn't make a Mac
version of it's software. I guess that's another reason I'm glad I don't have
one.
Just my 2 cents,
jt
Nicholas Allan wrote:
> This article should probably be headed "Two-faced Nicholas Allan" (readers
> of British Airways 'Business Life' magazine will understand what I mean).
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> I'm probably interpreting this argument wrongly, but it is fairly
> apocalyptic to say that by ignoring the Macintosh format that Lego will be
> somewhat stuffed. My school has stopped using Macs and instead built a very
> powerful Windows NT based network. Obviously I am speaking from personal
> experience, but I have been in other schools where the primary tool is the
> Windows PC. Watching news reports reveals a similar situation , that
> Windows computers appear to be the way education is heading, certainly in
> Britain.
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> Just to let everyone know, this isn't meant to start a "Mac vs Win" war,
> it's just to illustrate that not every educator uses Macs.
>
> And now for something slightly different.
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> Is it not bizarre that Lego is ignoring the Mac format? From memory I
> recall that at Legoland Windsor all the computers in the Dacta area (or
> whatever it is called) that allowed one to create computer controlled models
> in the days before 'Mindstorms' where Macintosh systems. I think Lego is
> perhaps lacking in a coordinated approach to the computer market in general.
>
> Just a couple of thoughts on Lego's computing strategy.
>
> Nicholas Allan
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James J. Trobaugh
North Georgia LEGO Train Club
http://www.ngltc.org
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| Nicholas pointed out something I find to be most confusing. LEGO has Macintosh software that controlls theMindstorms computer brick. They even have an IR tower for serial port equiped Macs (I do not think there is any Mac support for the USB IR (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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| This article should probably be headed "Two-faced Nicholas Allan" (readers of British Airways 'Business Life' magazine will understand what I mean). I'm probably interpreting this argument wrongly, but it is fairly apocalyptic to say that by (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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