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Rebels defeat the Empire (again) by giving BB-8 an API

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Disney omitted an API for The Force Awakens' star droid. The Force of the internet decided that wasn't good enough When I was fourteen, the Personal Computer didn’t exist. Even the famed ‘microcomputer’ only existed in the hands of a few hobbyists who laboriously soldered chips onto boards communicating over an S-100 bus. But a friend’s father ran a data centre and when he went in on Saturdays to run the backups he brought us along. We spent hours playing the interactive ‘Startrek’ game, pecking our commands into DECWriter II line printers. That’s where I fell in love with computers, and knew I’d spent the rest of my life playing with them.…

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Comments (3)

JaseP ·
I'm more interested in Disney's motivation... or lack thereof,... for not allowing the release of an API for the BB-8 toy,... Something the article didn't really explore. I seriously doubt that I will be buying one of them... since I am hearing the movie is typical JJ fare,... big on flash, low on substance... But it would be interesting to know what bug is up Disney's backside...
cybertao ·
Disney.

Does any more really need to be said? There's a lot of momentum and hype behind the Star Wars brand. But it's important to remember it's Disney who are now capitalising on that nostalgia and branding - Disney will do you over every chance they get.
notbob ·
Hey! Be nice.

I still have Fantasia on my Netflix streaming lineup. I jes watched the Pastoral Symphony segment, yesterday, and I think I'll watch the Night On a Bald Mountain segment, tonight. (hooters!)

nb -ancient geezer

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