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Re: Lego blew it AGAIN...
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Sun, 1 Oct 2000 16:15:13 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Mark Sandlin writes:
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> Now, I realize that the screenshots were most likely shown in Photoshop
> windows because the graphic designers who work for DK Publishing
> were probably working on Macs. They should've trimmed off the window
> edges, IMO. Still, it's terribly ironic that even Lego designers work on
> Macs, but TLC still refuses to release software for Mac.
All your analysis shows is the small minority of publishers who lay out books
like this still use macs, where as the average member of the public (i.e. Lego
customers) use PCs. It should not surprise you that the boxes, manuals,
adverts and graphic content of PC software is authored on Macs.
There is nothing ironic about this at all. What is shows is that technology
has little to do with market success. Macs dominate the publishing world, not
because of any superior technology, but purely because that industry, as early
adopters of macs WSYWIG approach, has effectively 'standardised' on macs and
it is very difficult for any other platform to penetrate it now. This
demonstrates the power of owning a market rather than just possessing better
technology.
Unfortunately, the customer market is dominated by PCs. Not cause they are
better, but just cause wintel and its partners did a better job of marketing
them. Outside of the USA, macs are almost non-existent in the consumer market.
regards
lawrence
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| (...) I didn't say it was suprising. (...) At the time, that -was- superior technology. (...) I'm aware of that too. I'm a graphic designer and I use a Mac at work as well as at home. (...) I'm not talking about "outside of the USA." Since the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) <snip> Please open the pages of your Ultimate Lego Book: pp26, 27 - Lego Chess and Rock Raiders appear in Mac windows (these are Photoshop documents, however, check out the zoom size and the file size in the corner) pp28 - Another Photoshop (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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