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In lugnet.general, Kevin Zwicker writes:
> Hello,
>
> **Warning: Hypothetical situation only!**
>
> I was speaking with a friend last night and we were wondering what would
> happen if TLC bought the rights to Lugnet?
>
> Given:
>
> 1. The recurring examples of TLC staff refering customers to Lugnet,
>
> 2. TLC personnel using the Lugnet database as an internal tool for research,
>
> 3. Many succesful enterprises have been bought by or merged with their
> competition (The Hotmail/Microsoft example comes to mind),
>
> 4. That practically every Lego-related webpage (most of the big ones anyway)
> on the net are linked to Lugnet,
>
> 5. Lugnet has succeded (where the official Lego site has not) in becoming
> the center (I know there are others, 1000.steine comes to mind) of the Lego
> Community on the Web.
>
> How long before TLC decides they want in?
>
> Say, tomorrow morning, TLC went to Todd and Suzanne with a check for 10
> million dollars (Hypothetical number) and said we wish to purchase the
> rights to your website. How would we, the community, react?
I would say Woo Hoo! for Todd and Suzanne!!! Then ask for a loan ;-).
Hypothetically its a topic for discussion but realistically I doubt it would
happen. The bad of course would be that LEGO would undoubtedly monitor, and
censor, content so LUGNET would, hypothetically, become a shell of what it is
now.
I hope Todd and Suzanne have the ambition to keep LUGNET going for years to
come but I wouldn't slight them for selling out for figures like you
hypothetically suggest.
Eric Kingsley
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