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Subject: Re: HEY AMIR Where to find Junior Upgrades?

Author: blass uri

Date: 19:21:49 03/23/99

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On March 23, 1999 at 15:26:32, Rafael Vasquez wrote:

>Blas,
>It's very sad that fixing bugs is considered by Amir as giving for free
>software.

It is not only fixing bugs
there are some changes in the evaluation function of the program.

> It would be fair to Junior customers if they can also get the upgrade.
>I think Amir will get much more feedback having hundreds of testers instead of
>few.

This can also help the opponents of Junior to prepare against it.

 But ... If Junior "Up to date" belongs to an exclusive "elite" group, then
>I feel discriminated. I will think little bit more before buying software to
>those who have discriminating ideas.

If Amir is going to release every small update for free then I am afraid that he
cannot make a big update when he wants to sell his new version and some people
will not buy a new version for a 10 elo rating improvement.

Uri
>
>Rafael



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