Author: Mark Young
Date: 10:33:25 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. Just let us know. I guess I can only be half as mad as the people that got the full version already, since I only got the upgrade. Still not a very nice trick or treat. > >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. > >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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