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Re: Microsoft and LEGO Company Announce a Shared Dream
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 17 Jan 2001 03:54:12 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Geoff Gray writes:
> All Right. I have now read all of the "Oh My God, What is Lego Thinking"
> and "Microsoft /Gates taking over the world" replies. Now let's try a
> little fact instead of gossip. Look at the group that's working with
> Lego... MSN. Are they #1? NO not by a long shot. Ever heard of AOL? MSN
> is trying to compete against a company that now is larger than ever (thanks
> to the merger OK'd by the feds). What's wrong with that. Second, why in
> the world would Bill Gates want to make plastic bricks? MS is not trying to
> enter into the toy market. Lastly, everyone thinks that Microsoft is trying
> to take over the world because we buy so many smaller companies. Any of you
> ever look at General Electric's balance sheets? They own a hell of a lot
> more interests than we do. It's the way any large corporation invests and
> competes in this economy.
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> Please, people. Try to think about things before going crazy with the hate
> mail. I don't expect everyone to like Microsoft, or agree with everything
> the company does, but this joint venture looks to be a beneficial move for
> both LEGO and the MSN side of Microsoft. (And for the "lack of security"
> reply I read, I can say easily that our products are very secure, and if
> you'd like, I can send you many links that prove it.
>
> Just my $0.02, and regardless of the flame mail I am bound to receive, I
> still love Lego and LUGNET.
I understand why you say this. Someone had to say it sooner or later. I
really doubt that many of those messages were posted completely seriously.
Maybe they should have beem posted to off-topic.fun? Maybe we just all need
to make fun of Microsoft? Really, I would not believe most of what you
read, although I personally find that the theory that Mindstorms will be
bought by MS to be plausible (MS incorporates Minstorms into Windows, sales
plummet, and MS buys the line from Lego at a highly discounted price). It
might happen, but it is unlikely that it will. Perhaps we need a completly
clean lugnet.humour for jokes, laughs, and other fun stuff (hint to Todd)?
And we need a lugnet.racers to serve as the complaint department to Lego
(that's serious)!
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| All Right. I have now read all of the "Oh My God, What is Lego Thinking" and "Microsoft /Gates taking over the world" replies. Now let's try a little fact instead of gossip. Look at the group that's working with Lego... MSN. Are they #1? NO not by a (...) (26 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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