Author: Harald Faber
Date: 23:35:57 04/08/99
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On April 08, 1999 at 13:00:22, Steve Coladonato wrote: >To tell you the truth, I was really surprised when Fritz5.32 came in at $50. Me too but I don't complain. :-) >Fritz5 and Shredder2 were roughly the same price; again better user >functionality with Fritz but endgame CD's with Shredder and a true Windows >interface. Probably there were several reasons why the Fritz prize dropped: a) the new F5.32 was near b) F5.32 would certainly have had some losses because the added features for most people wouldn't have justified an upgrade prize of $60. c) Rebel and MCP dropped the prizes to $50 (was Hiarcs6 also down at that time?) >But if you look at the price of CM5000-60000 and the >strength/interface of that program, perhaps Fritz5 and Shredder were too high at >the time prompting the cut for Fritz5.32. Not in Germany. Here CM6k isn't the bargain as in US. It is also between 40 and 60$. >Shredder3 at this point has, I think, sufficient user functionality to keep the >market interested at the $50 price. It would be a shame if it disappeared. >Steve Shredder won't disappear but maybe next versions will only be engines for MCS/Genius6. I admit I don't understand Ossi's stubborn attitude but his reputation is to act that way...
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