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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 18:31:44 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Ray Sanders wrote:
> In lugnet.lego.announce, Jake McKee wrote:
> > Posting on vacation, yep I'm that dedicated! :)
> >
> > 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".
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> Ray Sanders
> lugnet #124 (and Mac developer since '84)
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
a much higher artistic capacity/potential than the "average" PC user, as has
more thna once been surveyed. Thus, not having a mac version may cut of
significantly more than 5% off users potentially interested in this program.
Unfortunately, this number, even if corrected for "artistic" computer user
preferences, will be too low to consider development for other platforms. Also,
it is geared more towards kids, and they do not have a great deal (if any) to
say in what computer they use, so the vast user base is per definition (simple
marketshare) PC-users (by choice or not, but that really doesn't matter in a
business decision. I've been an avid mac user for decades now, but have often
been forced to use PC's too. Clearly, my preferecne is Mac, but I will un-dust a
PC to try this LegoFactory thingie out, it looks really neat.
Paul
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| (...) I'm also a Mac user, and am bummed that I won't be able to try this. Something hits a nerve anytime anyone brings up the market share issue. Granted, Apple's market share is pretty low among BUSINESS users. In schools and homes - which is (...) (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
| | | Re: LEGOfactory.com launches... and it's big!
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| (...) This oft-cited argument simply does not hold water. If it did, there would be no software for the Mac at all; but on the contrary, all the biggest game and other software developers deploy Mac versions of their products. The reasons are fairly (...) (20 years ago, 13-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego)
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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 (URL) states "LEGO Digital Designer is not Apple Macintosh compatible." (...) (20 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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