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Re: Microsoft and LEGO Company Announce a Shared Doom
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lugnet.robotics
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Sun, 14 Jan 2001 01:52:37 GMT
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Jeroen Stap wrote:
> I believe the main reason why TLC has joined with MS is that TLC has stopped
> growing for the first time in its history and is trying to find a way not to
> go bankrupt in a fair amount of time! The major cause of TLC to have losses
> is the ever more growing competition with computers and related toys.
> The RCX was partly initiated to overcome this problem, but bacause of the
> (relative) high prize this didn't work good enough. Besides it did not
> affect the marketing target as it were mainly older buyers which were
> already Lego-fans. The children still were playing their computergames.
> One of the relatively new markets for TLC is their gaming-software, and
> online activities. Seeking out a partner with lots of experiance in that
> field of business seems a logical choice to me.
If they are seeking a partner to help them with LEGO Games then perhaps they
SHOULD be seeing a company that has a proven GAME record. NOT a destroyer of the
public good!
> My conclusion has two sides:
> - I hope that MS does NOT get involved in the core-business of Lego:
> creating models out of bricks, including R&D of RCX, Cybermaster, Scout, etc
I would hope that M$ does not get involved at all. M$ is only enters anything
for their own gains.
> - I hope that the sharing of knowledge makes it possible for TLC to grow in
> both directions: bricks and software and thus keep this wonderful toy
> available for all time!
I hope this too, which is why so many of us are growing upset over the news that
the Destroyer of open standards and thinking is digging it's bloody claws into
our favorite pastime and creative outlet.
Dean
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| (...) Hmm, yes, I agree! BTW, did you know that there are 3 adult LEGO fans at Electronic Arts? Steve Jackson (yes, _the_ Steve Jackson) is also an adult fan of LEGO. :-) (...) This is mostly what has me worried. There's nothing wrong with wanting (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I believe the main reason why TLC has joined with MS is that TLC has stopped growing for the first time in its history and is trying to find a way not to go bankrupt in a fair amount of time! The major cause of TLC to have losses is the ever more (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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