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Re: Microsoft and LEGO Company Announce a Shared Dream
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Fri, 12 Jan 2001 01:36:40 GMT
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Original-From:
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Andy Gombos <GOMBOS_2000@YAHOO.spamlessCOM>
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Yes. The website used to work with Netscape, but now
does not even begin to load
before giving a fatal error. It works perfectly with
IE. I think this another Microsoft tactic
to force us to use thier software. Maybe Bill Gates
will tell us what is really going on :)
Andy
--- Eric McCarthy <eric@reasoning.com> wrote:
> Jeff Johnston wrote:
>
> > What this press release boils down to is:
> >
> > 1) Microsoft powering the S@H stuff on the Web.
> > * Hey, it can't get any worse than it is now - • whenever I try to go there
> > it's so slow as to be completely unusable.
>
> Um, and why is it so bad? I wonder if it has
> anything to do with
> using Microsoft software to begin with. I observe
> that the web site
> works a lot better with Internet Explorer than
> Netscape on my PC,
> and it doesn't work at all on my Unix workstation.
> It actually
> *could* get worse. It could go down more often.
>
> > 4) LEGO uses M$ stuff for its corporate network.
> > * They probably do that anyway, or something close • to it. Very few
> > non-computer companies run their networks using • Unix, and very ferw
> > companies period use Macs (sad to say).
>
> I have read that Microsoft has done this to other
> companies, too.
> Many IS departments have used Linux servers instead
> of Microsoft servers
> because Linux is more reliable and less expensive.
> This kind of "strategic relationship" is a way for
> Microsoft to fight
> that trend and to lock the Lego company into
> software that they have to
> pay for every time they upgrade.
> Sorry I don't have links about this handy but maybe
> someone else
> who knows more about this could post some.
>
> Not sure where follow-ups should go...
> /Eric McC/
> --
> Did you check the web site first?:
http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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