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  Re: Mindstorms NXT programming languages
 
(...) Steve, no matter how you look at it, adding that greater potential would have increased the price. Not just the $10 or whateva for the memory, but the extra development time needed to integrate it. Hell they could have just included a (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Mindstorms NXT programming languages
 
(...) (speaking out from the peanut gallery) I had a big message going about this, but ROSCO has save me the time to type it. Ditto on all the above. LEGO had a price point they wouldn't budge from. According to the Wired article, more than one of (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Mindstorms NXT programming languages
 
Don't forget about marketing, packaging, and support costs and profit. And all those little plastic building parts. Though a new NXT will cost you and me $256, it probably only cost LEGO less than $50. So now $8 (I price I saw in this thread) is (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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