Author: Arnold Gove
Date: 07:44:31 02/24/06
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On February 24, 2006 at 06:33:40, stuart taylor wrote: >On February 24, 2006 at 06:24:08, Arnold Gove wrote: > >>We paid for Rybka expecting a full version in February, now we are to presume >>that it will be issued some time before May - we hope. >> >>Don't bother saying that the betas we've been paying for are strong - the free >>version is nearly as good. >> >>AG > >I'm sure Vassiks intention was what he had promised. Maybe he should have made a >clause to allow for any unforseen circumstances. >However, what did Rybka users want? Surely they wanted a Rybka which is really a >Rybka. Not some dissapointing thing which is released "on time". > Do you mean, he should have released something disappointing, but with all the >works in it, and then made corrections later? >Or are you asking that the impossible should have been done, on time, and since >it wasn't, you want your money back? If so, did you ask? >(Or maybe you also want compensation for the trouble it takes you to ask it >back)? >S.Taylor I repeat, we paid for Rybka expecting a full version by now. Unfortunately, we haven't been offered an explanation for the delay, just a marketing survey. Vasik certainly can't be accused of underpromotion, unlike his engine. AG
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