Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 09:59:49 09/08/00
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On September 08, 2000 at 00:06:18, Michel Langeveld wrote: >* Because it doesn't catch all of them a large database can be a great mess in >the end. > >* It's also strange that add to database without doubles find more doubles than >add to the database (Without double check) and then kill doubles. > >* Kill doubles kills also a lot of games which aren't doubles at all. Something >total different players where killed > >* It's also strange that kill doubles kills games where both sides didn't move. >This results that a lot of valuable information will be deleted from the >database. Complete crosstables will be ruined then. > >* I've seen A LOT of database corruptions, and I lost a lot of times my database >due to errors with CB7. > >Did you use CB7 a lot of times?? For example did you also receive messagebox's >after your 500th or 1000th startup of the software? I did receive :-) I use CB7 >almost every day. (sometimes 5 times a day or so). If you don't know what's the >matter with kill doubles then I don't expect you are a heavy user. > >However I really love database in comparison with CB6. Because It's MUCH faster. > >Kind regards, > >Michel Langeveld Agree. Futhermore I have asked this question to ChessBase and the answer is no. Meaning no improvements in "Killing Doubles" whatsoever. Meaning the same , very few parameters, available. Meaning fuzzy duplicates cannot be spotted. Meaning uphere we're going for C Assistent! Meaning conclusions from consumers/users in my neighbourhood. Thanks > >On September 07, 2000 at 20:20:07, Marc Plum wrote: > >>I'm very satisfied with CB 7, and don't think that I have any reason to upgrade. >> For that matter, version 6.01 worked very well for me, although I hated that >>dongle. >> >>Just out of curiosity though, what are the problems you've had with the "kill >>doubles" function? I hadn't noticed serious problems, admittedly it may not >>catch all of them, but it seems to do pretty well. >> >>Marc >> >>On September 07, 2000 at 17:41:09, Anatoli wrote: >> >>>Hello everybody ! >>> >>>We are waiting for the new CB8. There will be some make up changes, but I didn't >>>read anywhere about any improvments in Kill Doubles. Did I miss this information >>>? From my point of view this function in CB7.01 works not very good. But from my >>>point of view it should be one of the most important possibilities in CB. Can >>>anybody here from ChessBase answer this question ? I have CB7 and now I have to >>>pay around US$90 to upgrade to CB8. I am not interested in new pictures of the >>>players, in their ratings, in new Fritz interface, or in the games' statistic. >>>I read all previews of CB8 and I am not impressed. I always bought ChessBase >>>products, but now for the first time I have to think. What about you, my >>>friends, are you happy with everything you read about it ? >>> >>>Best wishes >>>Tolya
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