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Subject: Re: And the reason to purchase CSTal is what again?

Author: walter irvin

Date: 07:57:58 08/23/99

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On August 22, 1999 at 15:46:22, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>On August 21, 1999 at 20:03:10, pete wrote:
>
>>>CSTal is not free. If it has a bug, it SHOULD be fixed.
>
>there is no bug !
>it sometimes oversteps time-control. this is no bug.
>it is legal to do so.
>it is surprising but not a bug.
>
>> Chris has no problem
>>>taking the money from his customers, therefore, he should have no problem fixing
>>>ALL of the bugs.
>
>Nonsense !
>
>
>> Defending his actions shows that you are a true friend, but it
>>>also shows a lack of concern on what is really important.
>
>More nonsense. it only shows that you don't know what is important.
>
>
>> As a true friend, you
>>>should also be concerned about Chris' reputation in our small community, even
>>>though Chris may not be concerned about it.
>
>Even more nonsense. Chris is not interested to get reputation
>in a group of programmers talking about statistics/results instead of
>chess-moves.
>
>
>>>Evidently, Chris has the freedom to ignore these types of things. But, that will
>>>not endear people to him or CSTal. I made a decision some time back to NOT
>>>purchase CSTal mainly on Chris' reputation. My choice. As it turns out, maybe
>>>that was not such a bad decision after all.
>
>
>>>KarinsDad :|
>
>
>You are free to do whatever you want.
>you talk about something you have never seen.
>this is a prejudice. it would be better you would talk about something
>you have at home and you have tested at least a few months. otherwise
>your evaluation is very limited and only hear-said.
>
>>Some people don't seem to realize that Chris Whittington and Thorsten Czub are
>>two different people and I don't think Chris ever would have said that losing on
>>time is a cool feature :=)
>
>he would have said .
>
>>I was an early buyer of CSTal2 ; I didn't understand a few things and there were
>>a few bugs still ; _everything_ was fixed , _everything_ was explained . The
>>support was simply great , fast and friendly .
>
>:-)) 2 people. to opinions. how good that anything out there is objective :-)
>
>>pete
 say where can i buy cstal2 i've never seen it ,i've herd about it alot , would
like to get it and try it out ???



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