Re: Revision vs. Edition (WAS Ability Rating \ Target)

From: Robin D. Laws <rdl_at_...>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 16:22:43 -0500


At 08:09 PM 6/19/00 +0100, Alex Ferguson wrote:
> > and what will be done is a Revision, *not* a new
> > edition. Pardon my use of the wrong word earlier (Revision meaning: "We
> > fixed all the errors we could find", as opposed to "We swapped everything
> > around and added whole new sections").
>
>As a party to some of the abuses by academia of the word 'revision',
>I pretty much have to let this slide... ;-)

In the game market, "New Edition" implies, "We've Changed It Sufficiently That You Really Should Buy A New Copy of Our Game", which would be a disastrously bad message to send in this instance.

Take care >>> Robin

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