Post Reply
User avatar
ric96
Posts: 1253
Joined: Sun Mar 17, 2013 6:03 am
Location: NOIDA, India
Contact: Website

Microsoft minecraft education

Tue Nov 17, 2015 3:36 am

Microsoft using micraft to teach programming, sounds familiar?
http://www.geekwire.com/2015/microsoft- ... rtnership/
My apologies for shameless YouTube Plugs...
youtube.com/sahajsarup
twitter @sahajsarup
skype srics1996
e-mail: sahajsarup@gmail.com
Blog: http://www.geektillithertz.com/wordpress
Web: http://www.geektillithertz.com
User avatar
DougieLawson
Posts: 39304
Joined: Sun Jun 16, 2013 11:19 pm
Location: A small cave in deepest darkest Basingstoke, UK
Contact: Website Twitter

Re: Microsoft minecraft education

Tue Nov 17, 2015 9:01 am

That appears to be the full Windows version of Minecraft. Why wouldn't Microsoft use a product that they own to do that?

What we need to encourage Microsoft/Mojang to do is update the Minecraft Personal Edition (MCPE) on the RPi to something that includes some of the three years of product changes since it was originally released.
Note: Any requirement to use a crystal ball or mind reading will result in me ignoring your question.

Criticising any questions is banned on this forum.

Any DMs sent on Twitter will be answered next month.
All non-medical doctors are on my foes list.
User avatar
ric96
Posts: 1253
Joined: Sun Mar 17, 2013 6:03 am
Location: NOIDA, India
Contact: Website

Re: Microsoft minecraft education

Tue Nov 17, 2015 9:42 am

DougieLawson wrote:That appears to be the full Windows version of Minecraft. Why wouldn't Microsoft use a product that they own to do that?
No, issues there, its for a good cause.
What we need to encourage Microsoft/Mojang to do is update the Minecraft Personal Edition (MCPE) on the RPi to something that includes some of the three years of product changes since it was originally released.
Thats my point, we already have a platform, they could have shown us some love and included the RPi version in the program too.
My apologies for shameless YouTube Plugs...
youtube.com/sahajsarup
twitter @sahajsarup
skype srics1996
e-mail: sahajsarup@gmail.com
Blog: http://www.geektillithertz.com/wordpress
Web: http://www.geektillithertz.com
fruit-uk
Posts: 609
Joined: Wed Aug 06, 2014 4:19 pm
Location: Suffolk, UK

Re: Microsoft minecraft education

Tue Nov 17, 2015 10:08 am

ric96 wrote:
DougieLawson wrote:That appears to be the full Windows version of Minecraft. Why wouldn't Microsoft use a product that they own to do that?
No, issues there, its for a good cause.
...and they need to make a great deal of money out of it cover their costs in buying it in the first place!
W. H. Heydt
Posts: 12785
Joined: Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:36 pm
Location: Vallejo, CA (US)

Re: Microsoft minecraft education

Tue Nov 17, 2015 5:37 pm

ric96 wrote:
DougieLawson wrote:That appears to be the full Windows version of Minecraft. Why wouldn't Microsoft use a product that they own to do that?
No, issues there, its for a good cause.
And no surprise, either.
What we need to encourage Microsoft/Mojang to do is update the Minecraft Personal Edition (MCPE) on the RPi to something that includes some of the three years of product changes since it was originally released.
Thats my point, we already have a platform, they could have shown us some love and included the RPi version in the program too.
I suspect that, despite the support for Win10IoT on the Pi, the Pi makes MS a bit nervous. It teaches kids that there *are* other OSes, and that they can actually "own" their hardware plus have free rein with the software on it.

Eben is probably clever enough to convince even MS that Minecraft Pi deserves an update...at least I sure hope so.
Post Reply

Return to “Off topic discussion”