Author: Albert Silver
Date: 10:05:20 07/09/99
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On July 09, 1999 at 08:53:50, Harald Faber wrote:
>On July 09, 1999 at 08:27:50, Guido Schimmels wrote:
>
>>On July 09, 1999 at 03:33:17, Harald Faber wrote:
>>
>>>I also grinned about that as the history goes
>>>1.0->2.0->2.1->3.0->3.5->98->99->2000->7.32
>>>So it only makes sense if 98=4.32, 99=5.32 and 2000=6.32...
>>
>>Maybe they eventually figured the risk of being mistaken
>>for a Microsoft product is not good marketing :)
>>Or it has something to do with the Y2K-bug.
>>
>>--
>>Guido
>
>However, a new version this year can't be named 2000 as that already exists. For
>2001 it is much too early, so what to do? 2000.5? :-)))
Probably do what Chessmaster did and throw all logic out the window. When
Chessmaster 2000 first came out for the Apple II, one could presume either the
2000 represented the rating of the program or that it was in reference to the
turning of the millenium. Then Chessmaster 2100 came out leaving one to conclude
that it must be a matter of rating, but just to completely confuse their
customers, out came Chessmaster 3000, 4000, 5000, etc... What do these numbers
represent? Your guess is as good as mine. A bit like the pinball machines which
went on to give scores in the billions of points. No doubt this is supposed to
be progress....
Albert Silver
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