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Subject: 
Re: legOS and Markus in Forbes
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Tue, 27 Jul 1999 22:40:39 GMT
Original-From: 
John A. Donaldson <jdonaldson@(StopSpammers)ghg.net>
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  It does talk about the

  " using an open architecture system. "
  "MindStorms robot developers were creating
    code in a variety of languages like Visual
    Basic and C on their PCs and uploading the
    code to the RCX units. "

John A. Donaldson


Todd Lehman wrote:

In lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, "Luis Villa" <liv@duke.edu> writes:

Check it out here- brief, and unfortunately no URLs, but...

http://www.forbes.com/forbes/99/0809/6403122a.htm

-Luis (who is only slightly hurt that his documentation wasn't mentioned :)

This is BIG NEWS and GREAT exposure for Markus and friends!!! -- a major
business magazine recognizing the pursuits and achievements of adult LEGO
fanatics on the net to extend the RCX technology toward greater heights!

In May, Forbes also had a short piece about MindStorms™ and RoboGladiators,
a TLG-sponsored event...

   http://www.forbes.com/tool/html/99/may/0517/feat.htm

...but it didn't talk about reverse engineering or the open source software
movement.

--Todd

[Forwarding this from lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos to multiple groups;
followups back to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos]
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics

--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics



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  Re: legOS and Markus in Forbes
 
(...) That's kind of only a tiny mention. I meant that it didn't really talk about it in-depth. That's what's so cool about the new article, IMHO -- it's a first step toward a larger awareness. --Todd (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: legOS and Markus in Forbes
 
(...) This is BIG NEWS and GREAT exposure for Markus and friends!!! -- a major business magazine recognizing the pursuits and achievements of adult LEGO fanatics on the net to extend the RCX technology toward greater heights! In May, Forbes also had (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce)

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