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Re: LEGO vs. O'Reilly (was Re: RCX 1.5 'paranioa')
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 5 Aug 1999 19:28:35 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.orgANTISPAM
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Robert Munafo <munafo@gcctechNO.SPAMcom> wrote:
> I also think LEGO might not like the book because it shifts the market
> towards older, more sophisticated customers who tackle tough problems and
> ask tough questions. Most of the people who will buy an O'Reilly book are
> "engineer types" who will want to make Mindstorms do way more than it was
> designed to do.
As long as they're buying, why would Lego mind?
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Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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Message has 1 Reply: ![](/news/x.gif) | | Re: LEGO vs. O'Reilly (was Re: RCX 1.5 'paranioa')
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| (...) More sophisticated customers tend to place a higher demand (i.e. workload) on service and technical support. Also, they tend to spread the word that the system as-supplied is insufficient to do what it was intended. Children tend to be less (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) My "Step 2" was to just go out on the Internet and find the information I needed. There's a lot more on the Internet than anyone will ever manage to fit into a book. I also think LEGO might not like the book because it shifts the market (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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8 Messages in This Thread: ![Re: O'Reilly (RCX 1.5 'paranioa') -lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Julian Gómez) (1-Aug-99 to lugnet.robotics)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![Re: O'Reilly (RCX 1.5 'paranioa') -Todd Lehman (1-Aug-99 to lugnet.robotics)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![LEGO vs. O'Reilly (was Re: RCX 1.5 'paranioa') -Robert Munafo (4-Aug-99 to lugnet.robotics)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![You are here](/news/here.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![Re: LEGO vs. O'Reilly (was Re: RCX 1.5 'paranioa') -Robert Munafo (6-Aug-99 to lugnet.robotics)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/246.gif) ![Re: LEGO vs. O'Reilly (was Re: RCX 1.5 'paranioa') -lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Pete Hardie) (6-Aug-99 to lugnet.robotics)](/news/x.gif)
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