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Re: LEGOfactory.com launches... and it's big!
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lugnet.lego
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Tue, 9 Nov 2004 18:08:40 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.announce, Jake McKee wrote:
> Posting on vacation, yep I'm that dedicated! :)
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> I just got this note from colleagues and couldn't stand waiting a week to
> post about it!
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While I'm very very happy to see something like this happening, I will not be
able to participate becuase I (like a few others here it seems) do not use
Windows. This page http://www.lego.com/eng/factory/design/ldd.asp states "LEGO
Digital Designer is not Apple Macintosh compatible." This is not meant to rehash
old debates, simply to point out that this offer is for the larger installed
base, not for "the rest of us".
Ray Sanders
lugnet #124 (and Mac developer since '84)
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Message has 5 Replies:
 | | Re: LEGOfactory.com launches... and it's big!
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| (...) It had been indeed often been topic of debate, but I am afraid economics dictate this. As only 5-10% is non-PC user, it does not make business sense to develop a mac version. On the other hand, it is well known that the "average" Mac user has (...) (20 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
| | | Re: LEGOfactory.com launches... and it's big!
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| (...) I'm happy about it too. Just so you don't feel left out, there are a lot of PC users (like me) who can't use this either because of the hefty system requirements of DD. Mainly, I feel I am missing out on seeing the cool files that have been (...) (20 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
| | | Re: LEGOfactory.com launches... and it's big!
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| Hi Jake, hi Ray, (...) as a Linux user I also don't like this restriction. I don't mind much that the software doesn't run under Linux. But I do mind if this is used to exclude non-MS-Windows users from community activities. Please allow entries in (...) (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
| | | Re: LEGOfactory.com launches... and it's big!
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| Yeah, a Mac or Linux version would be nice, but we will never see them. I don't have any inside info, but I would assume that TLC's programmers did the following things: * Deeply based the software on proprietary Microsoft-specific techonology that (...) (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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