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Subject: Re: My Patience is Running Thin, Come on ED Shroeder with Rebel XP

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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