Author: Mike S.
Date: 06:42:52 06/19/03
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On June 19, 2003 at 09:22:04, Anthony Boynes wrote: >On June 19, 2003 at 09:15:31, Andreas Schwartmann wrote: > >>Sorry, but the engine that played Kasparav is NOT available as single-cpu >>engine. It only exists as a multi-cpu engine, therefore was only included in the >>Deep Junior package. Since you did not buy Deep Junior 8, you do not have the >>right to claim the Kasparov engine. Simply put, it's impossible for ChessBase to >>fulfil your wish. >Wrong. The chessbase site shows that those engines WILL run on single cpu >machines. True, but for once try to see it from ChessBase's viewpoint: They have *two products*, Junior 8, and Deep Junior 8 for twice the price of the single CPU version. So, if they would provide the *single CPU* version customers with an SMP engine as a replacement for the missing Kasparov single engine, all the *Deep* Junior 8 customers will complain. Because they'll say, we have payed twice the price for more or less the same engine (in this case, you can be sure that the additional engines they got will - suddenly :-)) - not matter much anymore). This is their problem. Basically it was meant as an additional "goodie" which, as it turns out now, is only available with the Deep version. So what? The prices are the usual ones, not higher, you get the same as usual, engine & GUI... Big problem, sleepless nights... :-) Of course *all* people who bought Junior 8 would have bought it *anyway*, but now - since that bonus engine is missing - a lot of people complain like "of course" they wouldn't have bought it without that additional engine version... (I'd be much more concerned about other things if I'd be a Junior 8 customer, but I am not.) Regards, M.Scheidl
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