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Subject:	Re: legOS and Markus in Forbes
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce
Followup-To:	lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos
Date:	Tue, 27 Jul 1999 20:22:41 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, "Luis Villa" <liv@duke.edu> writes: > Check it out here- brief, and unfortunately no URLs, but... > > http://www.forbes.com/forbes/99/0809/6403122a.htm > > -Luis (who is only slightly hurt that his documentation wasn't mentioned :) This is BIG NEWS and GREAT exposure for Markus and friends!!! -- a major business magazine recognizing the pursuits and achievements of adult LEGO fanatics on the net to extend the RCX technology toward greater heights! In May, Forbes also had a short piece about MindStorms™ and RoboGladiators, a TLG-sponsored event... http://www.forbes.com/tool/html/99/may/0517/feat.htm ...but it didn't talk about reverse engineering or the open source software movement. --Todd [Forwarding this from lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos to multiple groups; followups back to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos]

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		Re: legOS and Markus in Forbes
(...) (I guess I should have posted, instead of going to lunch! ;-) But there IS a URL...they just didn't put http:// in front of it, so your browser may have missed it. They mentioned Markus' site ((URL) in that same paragraph. (They mention (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)

		Re: legOS and Markus in Forbes
It does talk about the " using an open architecture system. " "MindStorms robot developers were creating code in a variety of languages like Visual Basic and C on their PCs and uploading the code to the RCX units. " John A. Donaldson (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics)

		Re: legOS and Markus in Forbes
Yahoo! Maybe we adult lego enthusiasts can finally come out of the closet & say, "were here, we like lego's, GET USED TO IT!!!" : ) Michael Aaron (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics)

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