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Subject: Re: CM8000 is gold!

Author: Jason Williamson

Date: 12:59:15 10/21/00

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On October 20, 2000 at 16:28:07, John Merlino wrote:

>Chessmaster 8000 "went gold" yesterday, and is being sent to the duplication
>folks as we speak. It should be in stores around the second week of November.
>
>Amusingly enough, Thursday was also the day that Mattel officially transferred
>ownership of Mattel Interactive/The Learning Company to Gores Technology group.
>You can look them up at www.gores.com. They are almost exclusively known for
>buying technology companies that are in financial trouble and turning them
>around (by several means). Some they still own, others they sold, still others
>went public on their own. Gores itself is not a publicly traded company.
>
>Well, that's it. The development team tells me to thank you all for your
>comments/suggestions, and they look forward to further comments from all of you
>who plan to purchase CM8000 (yes, even the bad comments). ;-)
>
>jm


So, the beta testers can expect to see their copies when?

And I guess the tranfer of onwership means Microprose might be able to make the
kind of games that at one time made the company big.  :)

JW



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