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Re: Correcting some misinformation in "LEGO Software Power Tools, With LDraw, MLCad, and LPub"
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Mon, 27 Oct 2003 20:46:30 GMT
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In lugnet.books, Todd Thuma wrote:
> In lugnet.books, Todd Lehman wrote:
> > I just tested Amazon.com's new "Search inside this book" feature (which
> > provides a cool new full-text search across the content of its books) by
> > doing a search for "LUGNET".  I found a few references in various books
> > that I hadn't yet known about.  In particular I want to correct some
> > misinformation in the book "LEGO Software Power Tools, With LDraw, MLCad,
> > and LPub," by Kevin Clague, Miguel Agullo, Lars C. Hassing, published
> > January, 2003 by Syngress Publishing, ISBN 1931836760.
> 
> Todd,
> 
> Thanks for the corrections! I own and read a copy of this book and I understood
> the details to be different from those published in the book. After reading the
> book I assumed that information I had heard from "asking" around at conventions
> was wrong and that the book was correct. I am glad you corrected these specific
> instances of the book.
> 
> Maybe this points out something that you an Susan should spend a few minutes on.
> Maybe you can create a page or two defining the history. Or perhaps you might be
> willing to let someone in the community interview you and Susan and place the
> "history" of LUGNET on the LUGNET web site for others to learn from.


Brief historical bios were posted on lego.com a few years ago. Suzanne repeated
the text of the postings here:

http://news.lugnet.com/lego/announce/?n=23

A web archive of the lego.com page (no longer posted on their site) is here:

http://web.archive.org/web/20020206185329/http://www.lego.com/press/facts.asp#5

Most of the details are sprinkled throughout the LUGNET forums, an encapsulated
history would be a nice read...  perhaps has a forward to the Plan:

http://www.lugnet.com/admin/plan/

-Rob.



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(...) Todd, Thanks for the corrections! I own and read a copy of this book and I understood the details to be different from those published in the book. After reading the book I assumed that information I had heard from "asking" around at (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.books)

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