Author: John Reynolds
Date: 01:12:39 07/18/02
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On July 17, 2002 at 18:38:57, Russell Reagan wrote: >On July 17, 2002 at 14:48:25, john warren wrote: > >>Hi Ed >> >> Hey the Program doesn't have to be Perfect, The best way to find out problems >>in your program is to release it to the Public and get ton's of Feedback. WE >>have all patiently waited for three years, which was the first time you promised >>a windows version and didn't deliver. So please put some Pep in your step and >>release Rebel XP. > >You act as if he owes it to you, or that it is your right to recieve a new >version. Ed is well within his right to call the whole thing off and never >release another version of Rebel. Ed has already said that he hasn't been >posting on CCC much because he is hard at work on Rebel XP. To me it's saying >something when you don't have time to browse a message board because you're >spending all of your time working on improving your chess engine. That's hard >work, and he is willing to do that work and produce a fine product. If people >like you are going to do nothing but complain, that certainly isn't going to >encourage Ed to get it done faster, or to spend his time working his hardest. I >think it's quite selfish to make such a demand on someone who has and is working >their tail off for you. You say things like "put some pep in your step", and I >have a feeling that Ed probably works harder on Rebel than you ever work. Even >if you do, it's rude to make a post like your previous one. If I were Ed, I'd be >witholding your copy of Rebel until I got an apology, but you're lucky that Ed >is more professional than myself and you'll get your copy just like everyone >else when he is finished. I have a feeling Rebel XP is going to be well worth >the wait, so just be patient and chill out. You whining and making demands isn't >going to help anything. > >Russell Relax my Son! I was only funning with Good ol Ed, Take a Chill Pill.
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