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Re: Of Interest To Robotics Folks? Perhaps...
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 4 Jul 2001 14:58:35 GMT
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Steve Baker <SJBAKER1@AIRMAIL.NETsaynotospam>
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Edward Cox wrote:
> And did you expect to see MacOS support? We all know by now that LEGO has
> absolutely no intention of supporting MacOS users "out of the box" - and by
> that I mean there is no MacOS software support provided with RIS x.x.
> Remember that ROBOLAB is sold by LEGO under Dacta as an Educational value
> add product.
Mac's are a MUCH larger share of the schools market than they are of the
home market - so it makes sense to support them with Dacta - but less
(economic) sense to support Mac's in the home.
The last figures I saw (end of 2000), M$ had 90% of the home market with
Linux and MacOS about even at 5% each. HOWEVER, Linux's growth rate is 24%
and Mac's only about 15%. Windoze is growing at 20%.
Hence, *if* Lego were going to support a second OS, it would make more
sense to choose Linux than Mac.
Sad though it is to say, I don't think there is a reasonable argument for them
to put effort into MacOS (*or* Linux for that matter).
Personally, I rather dislike what I've seen of Lego's own RIS software - I'm
*much* happier with LegOS and NQC - so long as they don't do anything stoopid
like *locking* the RCX firmware into Windoze in some way, I couldn't care less
who they directly support.
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Well, yes, actually, after getting this message a couple of days ago: (URL)We all know by now that LEGO has (...) 32 reasonable arguments, coming up (most current data I could find-may not all apply directly to home use vs. educational vs. (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Of Interest To Robotics Folks? Perhaps...
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| (...) Ummm...B.S.! I also have to bring up that...THEY HAVE ALREADY MADE THE MAC PRODUCT! Why don't they just bundle it in the Mindstorms level product? Why are they gouging Mac users an extra hundred bucks? Also, if Mac is such a big part of school (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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