 | | Re: Not at all a pact with the devil... —Kirby Warden
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| | | (...) I'm not so sure you helped a whole lot. Please, I'm not trying to be rude or anything, I'll explain. I won't assume anything about you personnaly here, I just want to explain why I think the feedback became so negative. As a collective, (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Not at all a pact with the devil... —Frank Buiting
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| | | | | (...) AFAIK there is no official mention of the two companies merging or MS buying TLC, please point me to the source of this info otherwise this is one of the 'wild speculations' Jake was talking about. <snipped all the stuff about merging (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Not at all a pact with the devil... —Kirby Warden
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| | | | | | (...) Maybe I should have wrote more, maybe I should have wrote less. With regards to my use of the word "merger", I used it to describe the shared direction that Microsoft and Lego have taken. In essence they have merged, although on an official (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Not at all a pact with the devil... —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | (...) An agreement to exchange some technology and marketting is nowhere near a merger. If that was a "merger", there probably would effectively be a monopoly, a single "company" would serve the whole world. (...) Yes, I've come to expect that (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general) !!
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| | | | | | | | Re: Not at all a pact with the devil... —Frank Buiting
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| | | | | | | (...) Yup, that's what I'm afraid of. (...) I fully agree with Frank Filz here. I usually try to stay out of many discussions (I rather post info or answer peoples' questions) but this thread caught my attention because it expresses exactly what I (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Not at all a pact with the devil... —William Brumbach
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| | | | | | | (...) This wouldn't be why everyone left RTL en masse is it? or why I only post obnoxiuous one-liners instead of epic posts? junior (23 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Not at all a pact with the devil... —William Brumbach
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| | | | | | | | | (...) nnggahhh I can't believe I spelled obnoxious wrong! junior (23 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Not at all a pact with the devil... —Erik Olson
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| | | | | | | | (...) I started reading RTL again. There are one or two people out there. It's very warm and cozy in here, whatever is bubbling over on the radiator. (23 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Not at all a pact with the devil... —Tim Courtney
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| | | | | | "Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3A648DEA.7A79@m...ing.com... (...) So am I. I think that if we want to see stuff from LEGO, we need to be a bit more welcoming of their efforts. Most of the negative feedback LEGO gets here (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Not at all a pact with the devil... —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | Well said, Tim and Frank... (...) <snip> It is instructive to look at other fan/hobby forums. The most productive relationships between fans and their annointed companies happen when the company embraces the fans as having valid ideas and in turn (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Not at all a pact with the devil... —Bryan Kinkel
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| | | | | "Kirby Warden" <inourimage@msn.com> wrote in message news:G79JMx.B3B@lugnet.com... (...) get (...) Kirby, I'm sure there are lots of reasons why Jake cannot post everyday to Lugnet. For example: - The day to day demands and responsibilities of his (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Not at all a pact with the devil... —Erik Olson
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| | | | Hey, Kirby, Reading Lugnet every day, even long enough to scan the titles, is hazardous to getting any work done. How would you like it if YOUR boss berated you for not working at home too? -Erik (who gets paged at home about every day) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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