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Subject: Re: Chessmaster 7000 Patch v1.0.6

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 04:57:29 12/18/99

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On December 18, 1999 at 05:39:03, Michael Cummings wrote:

>On December 18, 1999 at 04:39:17, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>
>>John, I'm not sure if you post here just on your own time, or represent your
>>company in an official manner, but it's good to see a presence here for
>>Chessmaster, despite the recent rather abrasive posts of a certain individual.
>
>John Knows I am not having a go at him. I post so that he may pass this onto the
>development team.
>
>You should know with chessmaster and me that I support and give credit where
>credit is due. And I also give a telling off when it is due too.
>
>I take no step back from my words. I stand by every word I say, mostly
>concerning CM7K. I have also mentioned in these critical posts that this has
>nothing to do with John. So there is no reason to say that I am having a go at
>him also.
>
>I am sure that he passes my comments on. And concerning bugs, and the
>availablity of patches, there seems to be a following by programmers and
>companies to release on time, make money and fix up any problem later. This was
>also bought up by KK when he reviewed CM6K a long time ago.
>
>Until someone speaks up, programmers and companies will treat us worse and worse
>unless we say something now. I have pretty standard hardware and settings, and
>have never had a total system failure to the degree that CM7K caused. Other have
>had problems also, this should not happen to the degree it has.
>
>Unless I see improvement I will continue to mention these things. This is the
>first time I have bought this up. I rarely state things twice. So even though my
>posts may seem harsh, they need to be mentioned.
>
>Its good you have not read some of my emails to mindscape, they make these
>comments seem like good poetry. :)

Perhaps you aren't aware that there is a certain point after which
"strengthening" your message actually has the opposite effect.  IMO, you have
long since passed it.

Dave



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