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Re: Microsoft and LEGO Company Announce a Shared Dream
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Date: 
Thu, 11 Jan 2001 23:37:09 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Todd Lehman writes:
In lugnet.general, Aaron West writes:
Probably a very good business deal, most likely to ensure the existence of
each, and to move past certain developmental boundaries.  But you can't help
not agreeing with the Bruce man, Dark Side indeed.  Lets just hope that they
share with, rather than manipulate our dear LEGO.

Aw, that'll never happen...this is Microsoft we're talking about.  Everyone
knows that Bill Gates is an angel.


And by the same token,
lets hope that LEGO learns how to fix the mistakes of the last 3 years [yes,
heresy, I know, but you HAVE to have noticed.].
Best wishes, oh you mega-corps.
Aaron

Two words:  Talking Barney.

[mental picture of Home Alone "aftershave" scene]
AAAAhhhhhhh!


--Todd

"Please sir! Say it isn't so! Say it isn't so!"

Seriously though don't give them any ideas.  Lord knows they will come up with
enough bad ones on their own.  Although, if Lego has to meet Microsoft's
standards for computer games that would be a very  positive thing.  How cool
would Age of Lego Empires or Midtown Lego Madness be.  The skeptic in me highly
doubts something good like that.

-Mike Petrucelli aka Lord Insanity



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  Re: Microsoft and LEGO Company Announce a Shared Dream
 
(...) On this token, we should also note that the bulk of Microsoft's entertainment software is not produced in-house, and I suspect a joint venture with Lego would fall into the Entertainment category (or, bizarrely enough, hardware; the bulk of (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)

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(...) Aw, that'll never happen...this is Microsoft we're talking about. Everyone knows that Bill Gates is an angel. (...) Two words: Talking Barney. --Todd (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)

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