Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: CM8000 is gold!

Author: William Penn

Date: 16:56:00 10/22/00

Go up one level in this thread


Thanks for the info. I wonder why I haven't received a pre-release offer from
them in the mail? I did for several prior CM versions, as a properly registered
owner.

Also I don't see CM8000 mentioned on the Chessmaster website...
WP


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



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.