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Re: Microsoft and LEGO Company Announce a Shared Doom
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lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 12 Jan 2001 12:59:18 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Jeff Johnston writes:
> > What this press release boils down to is:
> > 2) LEGO licensed the ability to use Windows Media for the Studios sets.
> > * Weren't people asking for more options than just .mpg?
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> Feh. Windows Media is M$ bogo-format.
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> We want real standards.
Can't blame for that. Maybe it'll actually allow you to save in other than the
small size for easier translation.
> > 3) LEGO writes games for the Xbox.
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> Xbox is M$. Ptui.
Didn't say it was a good thing, just translating 'press release speak'.
> > * BFD, as far as I'm concerned. There's no mention of it being an
> > exclusive deal either, so they will in all probability continue to write
> > it for home computers as well. They may even write for other platforms
> > like the PS2.
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> And MacOS and Linux?
Well, it's not like they support them much now, or (as far as I've ever heard)
have ever had serious plans to support them, so I can't really say that this
*changes* much. Which was my entire point, really.
J
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