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Subject:	Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic
Date:	Mon, 12 Jan 2004 14:44:38 GMT
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I wrote Michael Anderson (firmware guru at TLC) expressing my concerns about the future of Mindstorms based on the recent press regarding TLC's financial woes. I asked him if he could reassure me. He said, "there are some very interesting projects in the pipeline, including some exciting ideas involving RCX'es and MINDSTORMS." He also said, "don't worry about MINDSTORMS or the RCX going away and start saving money for something completely new and wonderful." I'm not completely sure whether the "don't" is meant to apply to both "worry" and "start" or just "worry". :-) I believe he means that something worth saving money for is coming down the pike. Unfortunately, in spite of the two previous comments he was not entirely reassuring. He also said that he was one of 256 people laid off at the end of last year. That doesn't make me feel very confident about the future of Mindstorms. Finally, he mentioned that Mindstorms could become mostly an educational or competition (FLL) product. I'd like Jake or Brad to tell me whether I should abandon BricxCC and NQC or whether there is still a future for LEGO programmable bricks. Thanks, John Hansen

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		Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
(...) Dear John, Have you seen Jake McKee's statement? "... Mindstorms is not going away, but may continue to evolve. Like all technology products, Mindstorms will continue to grow and improve as consumers gain new technology knowledge and (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

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		Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
let's don't make things worse than they really are if we think "the core" is brick and nothing more then we should think TLC will stop producting plates which is stupid so IMO technic is a patr of "core" the same with liftarms (studless beams) "the (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

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