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Subject: Re: Rebel Windows Interface: Panic time?

Author: Micheal Cummings

Date: 18:38:54 05/25/99

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On May 25, 1999 at 20:41:39, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote:

>We don't want to wait because we chess software addicts! who have bought
>Rebel7,8 & 10, even though a dos program, who love the program, even though a
>dos program (& therefore, not comparable to the neat look & feel of most of the
>windows programs), do not want to be dissappionted by a 'knock-off' inferior
>Rebel when it finally appears as a windows program.  We only have so much
>loyalty to a product, and only so much cash to upgrade to it, again & again,
>over time when further improvements are made.
>
>So it is vital to let Ed Schoder & company know what we want right away, way
>before we are asked to pay for it.
>
>And Ed has been great - listening to customer's request, (gripes, wish list, and
>even sarcasm), and producing remarkable improvements from product to product,
>and even keeping the finnished product at a fantastic price.  I (and even most
>of the other 'critics' among us), apprieciate this a great deal...
>
>mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict!
>
>
>On May 25, 1999 at 18:16:17, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>Why don't we wait until we actually see it before we jump out the window?  We
>>have a rumor that it will be similar to some existing product that many do not
>>like.  Does that mean that it will be identical to that?  I don't think we know
>>until we have a look-see.
>>;-)

What could Ed have been thinking in choosing Chess Parnter to be his window
environment. I am sure his previous customer have written to him asking what
they would like, and I am sure that Ed has seen other windows chess programs.

So it makes me wonder if this is nothing more than a cheap way to jump into
windows. So maybe if he is going to take this line, then make it nothing more
than a commercial winboard engine. I think it will be a disaster. Soon as I
heard the word Chess Partner and windows interface for Rebel, I thought it was a
joke. Those who haved used chess parnter would know what I mean.



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