Author: John Merlino
Date: 07:36:05 11/28/01
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On November 27, 2001 at 13:56:25, Keith Evans wrote: >On November 26, 2001 at 20:55:11, John Merlino wrote: > >>On November 26, 2001 at 20:40:07, Anthony Boynes wrote: >> >>>On November 26, 2001 at 17:39:04, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>However, OFFICIALLY Chessmaster 8000 DOES NOT SUPPORT Windows XP. The next >>>>version of Chessmaster will support XP, but will not support 2000/NT (as per the >>>>Ubi Soft policy). >>>> >>>>jm >>> >>> >>>I must say that dropping support for Windows 2000 and NT is stupid. Not all of >>>us are going to rush out and install a new OS simply because it is there. Not a >>>very good way to keep your customer base. >> >>This is the policy of many entertainment software companies. The two main >>problems are: >> ><snip> > >I just noticed the following promise made on the Chessmaster 7000 page ><http://www.chessmaster.com/faqs7000.html> > >"Q: Does Chessmaster 7000 run on Windows 2000 or Windows NT? >A: No, Chessmaster 7000 does not support either of these platforms, nor does any >previous version of Chessmaster for the PC. However, the next version of >Chessmaster (tentatively titled Chessmaster 8000 and due out around November >2000) will support both of these platforms." > >You might want to get them to delete that. I will get it deleted ASAP. Thanks for pointing that out. >I own Chessmaster 8000 and would upgrade to a future Chessmaster 9000 if it >officially supported Windows 2000. I happen to have access to Windows 98 and >2000 boxes, but do not plan to "upgrade" to XP. I hope that they will leave >support for Windows 98 in Chessmaster 9000. Is there any way for customers to >influence this decision (besides not buying XP)? The next version of Chessmaster will definitely support 98/ME/XP. It MIGHT support 95. It will almost certainly NOT support 2000/NT (although, if there are any XP issues that are discovered during testing, fixing them might resolve any 2000/NT problems as well). jm
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