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Subject: Re: Almost Oriental Software Team in CM 10º edition

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 16:41:55 06/24/04

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On June 24, 2004 at 19:38:56, John Merlino wrote:

>On June 24, 2004 at 17:46:08, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>
>>I never said they are bad programmers, I just said they are cheaper.
>>If I was in Paris and as CEO of Ubisoft I would hire people from my countrry
>>first, then, if not available, USA guys, then perhaps french.
>>Just a matter of family links...
>>Ferdinan
>
>I understand your point very well, but why would you consider "USA guys" family
>if you were in France?
>
>Ubisoft has development houses in MANY different countries around the world. The
>only thing that Ubisoft lost when they decided to switch from the USA
>development team to the Romanian team was about 15 years of Chessmaster
>experience.

With the release of the Cm10K demo, there are signs that Chessmaster has taken a
big step backward.  I do appreciate the free CM9K engine upgrade however ;>).


>
>Apparently, they felt that it was worth it to get a larger and less expensive
>team. And, ultimately, it was their money and they can certainly do what they
>want with it.
>
>jm



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