Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 07:21:16 10/11/00
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On October 10, 2000 at 21:17:40, Christophe Theron wrote: >On October 10, 2000 at 17:51:02, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On October 10, 2000 at 14:32:29, Fernando Villegas wrote: >> >>>If the package announced by Rebel is going to have four engines as it seems it >>>will be the case -Century dos, Century windows for analysis, Tiger classic and >>>Gambit- I cannot imagine a better bargain... if the price is kept in the >>>vecinity of 40 bucks. Ed? Which will be? Or you will cut the string of our >>>purse? >> >>It seems that Chessmaster has put the bar down to the limbo line. Can we really >>crawl under without getting our hair in the dirt? > Chris, no matter what can be said, it is sad to see rebel doing so a painful way to windows. With Shredder and Fritz in full windows mode doing such perfomances, there is not reason anymore to stop or slow down the convertion. Or maybe Rebel code is specially difficult to port? Fernando > > >And anyway on the ChessMaster 8000 CD you'll get only one top engine. > >On the Rebel 11 CD, you have 3 top engines, 2 of them have been on top of the >SSDF list when they were younger, and all have different playing styles. :) > > > > Christophe > > > >>If it does Win32 and has improved database functions, I might be willing to pay >>$400. How's that for a painful price line? >>;-) >> >>Prices for any product are the answer to a differential eqution involving supply >>and demand. Too high a price will alienate customers. Too low a price and you >>lose potential profit. The right balance is hard to find. >> >>Price it however you like Ed/Christophe. You know darn well that like a bunch >>of crack heads we'll come straggling over with a fist full of money and wild >>eyes begging for what you know we must have. >>;-) >>We'll be back for more too. Like the junky said: >>"The first try is one too many, and the last one is never enough."
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