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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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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