Author: blass uri
Date: 13:25:44 09/09/98
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On September 09, 1998 at 16:23:44, blass uri wrote: > >On September 09, 1998 at 15:57:59, blass uri wrote: > >> >>On September 09, 1998 at 15:01:41, Keith Ian Price wrote: >> >>>On September 09, 1998 at 13:52:47, Moritz Berger wrote: >>> >>> >>>>I feel very sad because I was already looking forward to do testing with Rebel >>>>10 on the autoplayer vs. assorted opponents. >>>> >>>>No new features in Rebel 10 will be good enough to make up for this >diminishment >>>>of the joy I take in testing computer programs. - As far as I am concerned, I >>>>will never ever do manual testing against other programs on tournament level >>>>(where Rebel excels!), if only for the reason that I don't have that much time >>>>to throw away. >>>> >>>> >>>>Does anybody actually like the political decision to remove auto232 support? >>>>Please speak up, maybe we can stop this nonsense! (sorry for the strong words, >>>>but I simply don't get it). >>>> >>>> >>>>Moritz >>> >>>I will not be buying Rebel 10, because of the loss of the autoplayer support. I >>>do not like the loss of TASCboard support either, but since TASC has never >>>helped anyone work with their board, I can understand it. But Rebel 9 will be my >>>last Rebel until autoplayer support is put back in. Rebel 9 is far stronger than >>>I am, and so I do not need to upgrade to play a stronger program. The only >>>reason I have to upgrade is to play it against other programs, and I do not have >>>the time to do this manually, either. Removing features is not a way to get >>>people to upgrade. >> >>I agree that Removing features is not a way to get people to upgrade but I do >>not think it is important in this case because I understood that the auto232 is >>not public. > >I think that I made a mistake here. >I assumed that the auto232 is the secret autoplayer of fritz5. >It does not make sense that 2-3% have not public autoplayer I meant 2-3% of rebel's buyers that have the autoplayer Uri > >Uri >> >>How many people in the world have the auto232? >>If the answer is less than 100 then the number of customers effected by this not >>to buy Rebel is not significant. >> >>Uri >>> >>>Only one customer, but... >>> >>>kp
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