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Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Wed, 6 Dec 2000 18:52:14 GMT
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"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message
news:G55r47.8xK@lugnet.com...
> There's a strong chance that a mutually beneficial relationship between L-CAD
> developers and TLC may emerge. LEGO is keeping a very open mind about new
> data formats.
There is an incredible opportunity there, I've had many conversations with
people in the commuinty about what is there. I haven't heard from them about
anything of the sort, but I would love to.
> My sense is that they not only want to be able to import
> LDraw .DAT files someday (either natively or via an external conversion
> process) but that they also understand the benefits of open-architecture
> file formats. I suspect what they are likely to do with their proprietary
> modeling language is similar to what Adobe did with PostScript: publish
> detailed syntactical and semantical specifications of the language while
> retaining ownership of the language itself. Even though the format is still
> proprietary, third-party tools thrive.
Would this mean they keep control of the parts distribution? I think that this
would be an important factor to them on quality control.
> Open-architecture text-based file
> formats are beautiful flowers. Closed-architecture binary file formats are
> poisonous weeds. I'm pretty sure LEGO understands this and won't risk a
> mis-step.
I hope they won't.
I sent an email to Brad today asking about the CAD development and the LDraw DAT
format. I'm awaiting a reply and more news from him and possible connections to
the developers. I would like to get a CAD group together to discuss this with
them and maybe guide/aid in development from a community perspective.
This is all wonderful news! LEGO is going to be a totally different toy come a
few years, when the potential for people to make the creations of their dreams
is within reach. I'm one big :-) on the inside right now. :-)
--
Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com
http://www.ldraw.org - Centralized LDraw Resources
http://www.zacktron.com - Zacktron Alliance
ICQ: 23951114 - AIM: TimCourtne
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| Hello LUGNET, I wanted to let you all know that LEGO Direct is paying attention! There are a lot of discussions and meetings going on inside TLC right now about the issues mentioned in this thread. Hopefully we'll be able to post here sometime soon (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct) !!
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| (...) There's a strong chance that a mutually beneficial relationship between L-CAD developers and TLC may emerge. LEGO is keeping a very open mind about new data formats. My sense is that they not only want to be able to import LDraw .DAT files (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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