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(...) I concur. If I manufactured a new extra-cushiony disk storage system that used *really* tiny sponges for support, and I called it Micro-Soft, I'm sure I'd get a letter. This particular case has the added spin of stepping soundly into the "LEGO (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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The way I read the article it didn't seem that they were so much upset that he had come up with the new OS, but rather that he had named it legOS. No matter how you look at it, or what excuse he can come up for choosing that name, it is pushing the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I agree with you, Jürgen. It seems that we have to contend with taht viewpoint though. Hopefully if any of tyhe new product line doesn't do as well as expected, we will not see some genius in the company decide to go after people who add value (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I think this is speculation by the author of the article. Apart from the issue about names and trademarks, for me this article shows an extremely irritating attitude towards customers, sue people as soon as they use something in a different (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Having registered legOS.sourceforge.net (on Markus's word that TLG had given him permission to use the name), having run the last release of legOS, and having not heard anything from TLG myself, I can say that there are no plans in this corner of (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Article here: (URL) TLC may be talking to Marcus Noga about his use of "LegOS" for the open-source operating system for the Mindstorms RCX (see last page). I can see their point. Personally, I think "NogOS" has a bit of a ring to it 8?) What does (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch) !
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I did a search and found no references to this great article by Jessica Hundley entitled, "Danes in Toyland." See the whole article here: (URL) paragraph, to convince you to read the article: ' As a child, I had seen a grainy Land Camera photo of a (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.california)
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Hi all, All you engineers out there who are members of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: I just received my latest issue of Spectrum, and it has a lengthy story on Mindstorms. Has some photographs of creations, such as Soren (...) (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) IIRC... In the previous thread that discussed this (when it was just a Fast Company article instead of a slashdotted phenom) it was stated by someone that it wasn't designed in a day, it was approved in a day because someone (Brad?) walking (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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A quote from the article: Product cycle times are falling: In time for Father's Day this year, Lego Direct, the catalog and Internet-sales division, produced the Sopwith Camel biplane kit. The plane was designed in a single day, and the kit was (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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The engineering council produce a quarterly magazine 'engineering first', in this months magazine (August!) there is an interesting article on the Falkirk Wheel. The article within the 'engineering first' magazine discusses many of the concept ideas (...) (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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MSNBC has a cute article on the new release of Mindstorms: (URL) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) LEGO® needs that 'Eye of the Tiger' again...-Harvey (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Members signed in via the web interface decide that, in part, by their highlighting it. If you think it does, do that. I think the original article reference got highlighted fairly high... (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Funny enough, this article was mentioned in Lugnet already. I tried to figure the best place to send it, and hadn't seen the MediaWatch section. Silly me. (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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this topic needs a place on the main page of lugnet, or "attention points" or whatever it is that decides that. (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Forget the Slashdot commentary... go right to the Fast Company article. This is a very insightful and interesting piece. I think anyone really interested in the LEGO company, where it's been and where it's going, should read this article. It (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.mediawatch) !
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Lego article on slashDot titled 'Why Can't LEGO Click?' at ... (URL) which in turn references an article at fastcompany .. (URL) some nice historical notes on TLC Ray (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.mediawatch) !!
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(...) Observer. (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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Despite LEGO® releasing the new classic and legend sets, I can't help but feel that they are continuing to slip away from their winning formula used from the beginning. The Bionicle stuff is total limitation on one's creativity (at least in my (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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