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Subject: Re: Hiarcs 7.32 engine and Hiarcs 7 for DOS

Author: Don Prohaska

Date: 11:18:27 05/09/99

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On May 09, 1999 at 13:35:21, Mark Young wrote:

>On May 09, 1999 at 06:51:29, Ricardo Sant Ana wrote:
>
>>Hello
>>
>>
>>Why people who have already bought Hiarcs 7 (DOS) did not got Hiarcs 7.32 ? I
>>believe that we could at least get a discount !
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>>Ricardo Sant´Ana
>
>It may just be my nature, but I think the chess comsumer got scammed again by
>another chess programmer. Correct me if I am wrong, but did not Mark the
>programmer of Hiarcs7 state on CCC that there would be no Hiarcs7 version for
>Fritz 5 or Windows. Now all the sudden out of the blue comes HIARCS 7.32. This
>looks like a classic double dipping in the chess market. First tell everyone
>that Hiarcs7 for dos is it, no windows version to wait for, so buy now. Then
>after some time hit the market with the Windows version of Hiarcs7 that everyone
>wanted in the first place, so this way you get some people to buy your program
>twice.
>
>I know this can't be true...
>
>Mark

Well, it does work! Since I read many times that Hiarcs7 would not be a Fritz
engine I bought Hiarcs6 for Fritz last week. Should have waited. But for the
fact that people might buy Hiarcs twice...well when Hiarcs6 first came out I
bought the Dos version. So if I get the Hiarcs7.32 I will be buying it 3 times.
But that is life! But I do feel all is not well when the powers that be say
there will be no Hiarcs7 for Fritz and shortly there after come out with one.
But I almost updated to Hiarcs7 for Dos. So perhaps I am ahead on that one.
Incidently, I found the Dos version of Hiarcs6 stronger than the version for
fritz.



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