Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 19:35:00 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 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. 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. There are different sorts of updates a software company might make. One sort of release is a patch used to fix problems in the program. If the problems in the program render it unfit for use, then (IMO) the sofware company is morally and legally obligated to release this for no charge. On the other hand, product enhancements and improvements are upgrades and a software company has every right to charge for such updates. Usually, the price for such things is whatever the market will bear and this is fair. The only reason I have not purchased a copy of Fritz and Junior is that they cannot currently be used for EPD processing. Even if that capability never comes about I will probably buy one of each anyway. Chess software is remarkably low in price. At the small volumes distributed, I cannot imagine how they can be so successful. I think that we should be very grateful to have such an incredible smorgasboard of delicious entrees at such reasonable prices. But things may be different in other countries. Perhaps the products cost a lot more in different lands.
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