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Subject: Re: Info from inside

Author: Martin Grabriel

Date: 21:06:34 11/14/00

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On November 14, 2000 at 12:14:40, Ed Schröder wrote:

>On November 14, 2000 at 06:52:38, alfred palang wrote:
>
>>Chessmaster don't need to be the strongest program to draw the money. I went to
>>Best Buy to buy me one copy, but it was sold out less than 24 hours after it was
>>released. That was what the saleswoman told me.If only ChessBase or Rebel
>>products can sell this way....:)
>
>Tell you a secret, usually producers produce a small first series.
>The idea behind is that despite 50, 100 or 20,000 beta testers the
>first cdrom might contain an unacceptable bug. Just economic logic.
>
>Ed

Let me state first of all, Rebel 11 is really fantastic value for money.
I was just a little disappointed that the simultaneous play bug carried over
from the first Century release was not rectified in Century 3.
I know - all prog has bugs.



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