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Subject: 
Re: LEGO vs. O'Reilly (was Re: RCX 1.5 'paranioa')
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Date: 
Thu, 5 Aug 1999 19:28:35 GMT
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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?

--
Matthew Miller                      --->                  mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us                       --->             http://quotes-r-us.org/



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  Re: LEGO vs. O'Reilly (was Re: RCX 1.5 'paranioa')
 
(...) 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 (...) (27 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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  LEGO vs. O'Reilly (was Re: RCX 1.5 'paranioa')
 
(...) 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 (...) (27 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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