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Subject: Re: Rybka delays and vasik's chance to react to new fruit and shredder

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 18:14:46 02/24/06

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On February 24, 2006 at 19:36:45, Arnold Gove wrote:

>On February 24, 2006 at 10:44:31, Arnold Gove wrote:
>
>>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
>
>To quote from the Rybka website...
>
>========================
>
> Purchase Rybka 1 series
>
>Note: This purchase contains all Rybka versions until May 1, 2006.
>
>Price: 34 Euro
>
>Components covered by purchase:
>
>    * All Rybka Beta versions until May 1, 2006
>
>========================
>
>NB The purchase contains all the BETA versions until May. Is that what we paid
>for?
>
>AG

No

I paid only for all the versions until february.
I am happy to get more than what I paid for.

I expected to get only 50 elo improvement relative to the version that was for
download.

It seems that I am going to get more than it because rybka of today is already
at similiar level to the level that I expected from rybka1.2 and I will probably
get a stronger rybka.

Uri



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