Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 17:07:21 03/11/01
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On March 11, 2001 at 15:50:52, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>It is amazing that some people has got so angry because Tiger 14 and gambit 2
>are not already in his hands. From now on Christophe and Ed have learned the
>lesson, I suppose: not to say anything about nothing never more. Nobody would be
>angry without knowing of the new release. Once the release was announced, greed
>to have it at once, right now, has spread like a fire in the prairie.
>But what is most amazing of all is that the new engines, absolute new versions
>as programer say, will be for free. Just think: we have been purchasing one
>chessmaster after another, each duly priced, each coming after a year or more,
>each plagued with bugs and nevertheless nobody has claimed a right to get the
>program at once and for free, even when almost everyone of those sucesive
>versions where almost the very same thing. Some CM not even offered a new
>engine; what we have purchase year after year has been the same engine -until
>cm8000- or almost and practically the same gui. And nobody got angry, with the
>exceptions of those that were so because of bugs.
>Then take the case of Chessbase. They ask money for everything, except patches
>or relative upgrades of almost invisible improvement And they ask a LOT of money
>if the thing is somewhat new. And many of us pay it without a word. And then
>take the case of some programs whose upgrades, also duly priced, has been LESS
>strong than the precedent versions. Again, there were some dissapointed people
>BUT nobody thought they were victimized or cheated.
>And now, after all that, we have a company that will offer us TWO truly new and
>powerfull engine for NOTHING and people get angry because it is not already
>available. Incredible.
>I will say more. Not because I am an agent of Schroeder and not because I am
>friends of them, I am neither of that, but because of my own selfishness I would
>be more than satisfied to pay for it. Yes, to pay for the new engines. I have
>done it for those programs I have mentioned before, why not for these? It is in
>my interest -and I suppose in the interest of everybody here- to keep those men
>working for us, giving us more and more interesting stuff year after year. Am I
>going to put that in jeopardize because of some paltry 20 or 30 bucks?
>So, if anyway we are not going to pay nothing, the least thing we can do is just
>keep the mouth shut.
>Fernando
Thanks for your kind words Fernando.
Your words are words of wisdom. Some people should really open their eyes before
writting nonsense.
Christophe
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