Author: Keith Ian Price
Date: 18:37:19 09/09/98
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On September 09, 1998 at 16:25:44, blass uri wrote: > >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: >>> >>>>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 This is the answer I usually receive from the programmers, although, in their case, perhaps more economically stated: ;-) "Can't do it, there aren't enough of you..." In this case, though, I am not asking for a new feature, just not to remove an existing one. I guess I can wait for Rebel 11, with the new ICC/FICS, network, and e-mail interface that Ed with have to put in to make up for neglecting his best (repeat) customers with the release of Rebel 10 with no autoplayer. ;-) dreaming again... kp
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