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Subject: 
Re: Not at all a pact with the devil...
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Date: 
Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:43:13 GMT
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in article G79H04.34L@lugnet.com, Jake McKee wrote:

For instance, someone posted:
"They will likely roll the Mindstorms software into the next version of
Windows"

On what information was this based? What part of the press release even
talked about the Mindstorms software, or any other software for that matter??

I'm pretty sure that was a joke referencing Micro$oft's claim that Internet
Explorer was an integral part of Window$.

At least, that's how it seemed to me. Likewise the posts talking about how
"New bricks will not be compatible with old bricks" etc.

~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin
--
Mark's Lego(R) Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego



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  Not at all a pact with the devil...
 
All, Let me first say that this post is from an AFOL that happens to know quite a bit about the Microsoft relationship. Brad is putting together a post to talk about the details of the alliance as we speak. However, in the meantime, I want to calm (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general) ! 

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