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Subject:	Re: Microsoft and LEGO Company Announce a Shared Dream
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics
Date:	Fri, 12 Jan 2001 03:48:48 GMT
Original-From:	Brian Alano <alano@kiva.net&SayNoToSpam&>
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In trying to read substance from the press release on the Lego site, all I found was this: Microsoft will advertise and sell Legos. TLG will write software that is compliant with Microsoft protocols. Doesn't sound like a big deal, but then again, dealing with the devil rarely does. ---------- $50,000 for Jill Behrman http://www.indiana.edu/~alumni/iuaa/jillbehrman/

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		Re: Microsoft and LEGO Company Announce a Shared Dream
(...) (URL) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general)

		Re: Microsoft and LEGO Company Announce a Shared Dream
(...) Well - we probably don't care too much about that. (...) THAT is the exact "Big Bad Thing" that I'm most worried about. M$ protocols are generally closed - and are generally undocumented (unless you are a licensed developer and sign (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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		Re: Microsoft and LEGO Company Announce a Shared Dream
(...) This is a disaster... If M$ does with LEGO that they do to everyone else we can soon expect LEGO to try to pull the plug on all Free Thinking. Especially anything to do with Linux. V2 may not allow 3rd party programs to work with it now. You (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)

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