Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 05:22:12 01/20/02
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On January 20, 2002 at 06:08:17, Hannu Wegner wrote: >On January 20, 2002 at 04:45:37, Ed Schröder wrote: > >>On January 19, 2002 at 11:55:15, CLiebert wrote: >> >>>I would like to have talked more about rebel for windows in the past, yes! So >>>nice to hear from you Ed, hope you´re fine?! I am very keen on watching Rebel >>>for winboard/arena after long years of waiting. Do you offer this update for >>>rebel4-owner for free? When does it start? And do you make an uci-version, too?! >>>Would be nice for much users I guess... >>> >>> >>>Regards >>>Christian >> >> >>11th commandment: Thou shall not change the subject. >> >>I am looking forward to see you posting here about Rebel, Gandalf, ChessMaster, >>Chess Assistant, Chess Academy etc. >> >>Ed > >Hi Ed, > >your last message seems to be very disappointing for me. As everybody know it >are the shareholder in ChessBase and who is a shareholder in the CSS. But it is >really clever to discuss this everytime? Please stay tuned on your own subject. >It would be much more interessting to hear something new about your new products >(Rebel for Winboard f.e.) > >When you are jealous, that in the CSS are reports about all other GUI's and >programs, then the only way ist the produce something new. > >My opinion is, that you missed the signs of the time. A Rebel for DOS is simply >not up to date any more. BTW I did buy Gandalf 5 and got the Rebel-Program. But >you can be sure, that I did not buy the package because odf the DOS-stuff. > >I hope to see something new from you! > >Best greetings >Hannu Wegner Hi Hannu, Nice to hear from you again. It is not a matter of jealousy, not even about money. Also I never spoke against CSS in my own interests only, no I have always spoken against CSS in general, meaning in favor of other chess software too even if that software wasn't mine. What about one of the latest examples? Somebody posts in the CSS forum information about new software of Chess Assistant, it was forbidden by CSS, the contents of the information was commercial, they said. Isn't that to cry about? What about Rebel 11, they posted an user-letter in the magazine, the person was unable to install it. Tell you, at Rebel support we seldom to none receive such a complaint, say 1 to 1000. Was this typical for Rebel 11, not installing? I don't think so. However such an user-letter is a bomb under a product regarding sales and they know it. Whatever good review is written in a magazine such an user-letter kills the review, who wants to have a program that even can't install? You see, those are the CSS practices, killing other competing software and I have a long list of other similar examples and many of those examples are not Rebel related at all. With all of this I can live (well in a way) and I will hold back my voice the day CSS gives up their claim being an independent magazine, which they are not. CSS needs to review other chess software to keep up their "independent" status which ensures better sales. In the meantime other quality chess software does not get the attention it needs and that is softly speaking because competitive software is misused to show the readers their stuff is best. This all in the name of being independent. Believe me, I have nothing against the members of the CCS forum and you should not take the criticism I have against the CSS policy personal. Fritz and co are great, the members of the CSS forum also, the CSS itself is not. Ed
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