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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)
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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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(...) About a month back, someone from the TLC mothership (Billund) popped up on the Mac Open-Transport developers mailing list asking questions about mac serial port API, protocols, etc. Now, not meaning to draw any conclusions (like question A (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) If they included the mac prodcut, then Windoze people would feel cheated because they are getting an inferior prodcut. If they release both RoboLab versions for RIS, then what makes schools want to buy the more expensive Dacta stuff? Teaching (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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All this is besides the point! Lego should support Mac, simply because it should! The Mac is an option for consumers (whom some people say is much superior to Windoze), and while it's there companies and organisms -especially those in education- (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) <snip> Boo-Yah Carlos! There's the answer for anyone who can't seem to grasp this concept. Matt (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Do 'creative firms' buy lots of Lego? (...) Are photographers and printers part of Lego's core market? (...) So people who serve quicktime from their websites are big Lego purchasers? (...) Undeniably true...That's why Lego have no money left (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Carlos Perez" <carlos@cs.buap.mx> To: <sjbaker1@airmail.net>; "Matthew Gerber" <matthew@digitaliris.com> Cc: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 7:26 PM Subject: Re: Of Interest To Robotics (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) because (...) Then the Windows users could just use ROBOLAB then, because it works on PC's too. :) (...) Well, the box is better for one. A compact plastic tub with a lid instead of a big cardboard box with a flimsy plastic tray. Some teachers (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Then they have wasted all of the development time/money on the RCX Code thing, since most people will then want to use RoboLab. Also, IIRC, Robolab costs something like $70, so you would be getting some software for near free. I doubt they (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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