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Subject: Re: CM Q for John M - what happened to CM 2003?

Author: John Merlino

Date: 09:59:05 06/08/02

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On June 08, 2002 at 01:24:39, Steve Maughan wrote:

>John,
>
>Did I imagine it or was the ChessMaster brand going to start following the years
>i.e. 2003
>
>Regards,
>
>Steve

You have a good memory. That was originally the name of the program, and all of
the artwork was already done with that title when it was changed less than three
months ago.

Basically, it was an "old habit" issue. Retailers and reviewers literally kept
asking "so, when is Chessmaster 9000 coming out"? They had already made the
assumption that it was going to be called CM9000, so Ubi Soft felt that calling
it CM2003 might be confusing.

jm



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