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Subject: Re: Buy Rybka preview ?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 15:11:43 12/13/05

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On December 13, 2005 at 09:23:25, Gabor Szots wrote:

>On December 13, 2005 at 09:13:06, Arnold Gove wrote:
>
>>On December 13, 2005 at 08:29:22, Gabor Szots wrote:
>>
>>>On December 13, 2005 at 08:21:37, Jonas Cohonas wrote:
>>>
>>>>>But you can buy Rybka when the update is out, can't you? No need to hurry.
>>>>>In fact, it makes no sense to buy it now.
>>>>>
>>>>>Gábor
>>>>
>>>>I am not saying that he should hurry out and buy it, i just tried to answer his
>>>>question.
>>>
>>>I know. I only responded because I have the feeling that many think they will
>>>miss future updates if they don't buy now.
>>
>>Who says Rybka won't cost more in 2006? Maybe by buying now you are saving money
>>- as well as getting the updated engines as soon as they are out.
>
>Why would it cost more? 34 EUR is already quite much for a buggy engine which is
>at the same level as apparently bug-free Fruit, the latter being 5 EUR cheaper.

1)The engine is better than public Fruit and not at the same level as fruit
2)Fruit is not but-free program and it was already showed that it can crash in a
long composed mates.

I do not think that there are bug-free programs.

Uri



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