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Subject: Re: Rebel upgrade prices are less friendly than other well known companies

Author: Chessfun

Date: 09:22:46 01/11/00

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On January 11, 2000 at 11:56:22, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

>Hi Larry,
>
>
>You are totally correct sir.   You would of course charge as much as the market
>would bear if you were the programmer.  I too grumble at paying top dollar but
>then I remember when MChess cost us $149.00 from ICD--and we gladly paid it.
>
>You are probably like me (you play chess a hell of a lot better than me however)
>and will buy Christophes' program because it is one of the best out there.
>
>You could of course donate a used Pentium III 500Mhz to Mr. Theron and he will
>probably give you a couple or more "free" copies of Chess Tiger.
>
>Seriously, Mr. Schroder is an astute businessman and knows that companies that
>give away products do not survive.  Just look at AOL as an example.  They "give
>away" free browsers and then charge $19.95 per month for  full time internet
>time.  Sounds a bit like Rebel-Decade, don't it..?
>
>Respectfully,
>
>TJ Frohlick

I could be wrong, but I seem to recall an upgrade to a windows version
also being offered to Rebel 10 customers when it first came out.
If I am wrong---I apologize in advance.
Thanks.






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