Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 02:01:34 11/15/00
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On November 15, 2000 at 02:03:39, Ed Schröder wrote: >>I'm concerned that people can believe that the published reviews are >>advertisements, because that's not what they are. >> >>Ed, it's up to you to decide, but I would personally offer Mogens to write a >>review of the Rebel 11 CD, and I would promiss to publish it on the Rebel site >>and on CCC. >> >>That would of course imply to send to Mogens the product for free, but I guess >>this wouldn't bias Mogens' review. >> >>I do believe Mogens tries to stay objective. Sometimes he does not manage, but >>generally he is rather objective. >> >>I'm sure that because he is a rather objective guy, he would not write a >>negative review of the Rebel 11 product. By letting Mogens write a review we >>take a risk, but anyway we are taking this kind of risk everyday. >> >>By letting the beta testers express themselves during the beta period we have >>taken a risk that no other chess software publisher dares to take. >> >>As soon as we publish our chess programs, we take the risk that they get beaten >>by other programs, the risk that people don't like the way they look, the risk >>that people criticize it in an unfair way, and so on... >> >>I don't think Mogens would write an unfair review. So why couldn't we ask him to >>write a review and publish it? >> >> >> >> Christophe > > >:-) > >I am in agreement. Mogens, how about it? It's a very nice suggestion and I'm very tempted to accept. The problem is that it would look like I got rewarded for commenting on an issue where I only stated my opinion about the definition of the word "review". Someone might pick up on this and repeat it in order to be offered this kind of bonus. That would be rather unfortunate. Besides, reviewing a product in detail without any prior experience whatsoever would be very timeconsuming. And I don't have the time despite my activities here :o). Given these circumstances I must decline reviewing your program. I suggest asking someone who's not been involved in this thread and in testing for Rebel. Regards, Mogens
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