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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