Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 08:42:05 10/29/98
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On October 29, 1998 at 11:02:06, Steven Schwartz wrote: >On October 29, 1998 at 10:24:43, Donald Gerue wrote: > >>I see this morning on the Rebel we site that they have cut the prices for Rebel >>10 by about 50%. There is no mention of what will happen to those who have >>already purchased it at the higher price. >>I would like to see Ed tell us how this will be handled. >> >>Don Gerue > >We did not know about it until about 30 minutes ago >when we received an email from Ed. > >I am confident that Ed will support his dealers as >he always has to take care of the end user, but if >he does not (or cannot), we will certainly offer our >customers something. I just do not yet know what that >something is yet. > >This price war business may "seem" to be great for >the consumer, but if you look beyond it, you will >find that it may be very bad for the future of >good chess programming. I think it's a major disaster. I doubt that independent programmers can make it with these prices. If the 80's were the golden ages for this industry, what we see now may be the agony of the silver age. Or maybe it's only that I just came back from the dentist... :( Enrique >In my opinion, a support-oriented product like chess >software really has to allow for some profit for somebody. >I wonder what incentive Richard Lang will now have >to continue toward his goal of introducing Genius 6? >Or Mark for Hiarcs 7? Or anyone, for that matter. > >We will keep everyone posted. Please be patient with >us. As you can understand, right now there is a fair amount >of turmoil. > >I have not said any of the above out of greed. There is no longer >enough profit in chess software for the retailer to get too >concerned about losing potential business. Everyday I thank >my lucky stars that we are diversified. > >Regards, >Steve (ICD/Your Move)
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