Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 00:28:44 06/06/02
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On June 06, 2002 at 00:57:19, Joseph Merolle wrote: >Do you think these programmers have a genuine interest in giving us the best >possible program for our money with all these upgrades ? Or do you think we are >being used as lab rats and programmers are just experimenting (at our expense) >evaluating how ratings move on playchess.com and tournament postings that we put >up. Or do you think its both aiming to hit new highs (seeing what works and what >not) for Fritz 8. Mean while we think we are getting some awesome cutting edge >engine up grade and its just a trial run version. Really what I am asking when a >programmer puts an engine up grade out do you think they create it with the >intentions of being the final up grade? > There is such a thing as using the customer base to beta test a product that is not ready. I doubt if it has ever happened in chess. It only happens in two cases: 1. Complete, utter incompetence on the part of the organization that releases an unstable product with inadequate testing 2. Complete monopoly control were they can feed you dogfood, tell you to like it, and there is nothing you can do about it because there are no viable alternatives
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