Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 07:36:31 10/10/99
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On October 10, 1999 at 09:06:23, Micheal Cummings wrote: >On October 10, 1999 at 07:46:26, allan johnson wrote: > >>On October 10, 1999 at 06:26:45, Keith Kitson wrote: >> >>>Michael have you got shares in CM6000 or something...:-)) >> >>Keith >> Are you serious?You clearly haven't read Michael's scathing criticisms >>of Mindscapes' latest product. >>Allan > >I simply give credit where credit is due. I support Chessmaster (not including >CM7K) mainly due to its great engine. It took some time for people to realise >that just because CM does not have the bell and whistles that the other more >dedicated chess programs have, that for some reason it can only play crap chess. > >So when people go out and rubbish the program they can only be talking about its >features, Some features are great and other program could learn from it. I would >love the personalities feature to be put into other programs to the scale that >CM6K has. And a few other things. > >It is just a shame that even after all Chessmaster has achieved, that it still >need to be defended. > >They released this product too early, they should have done the beta testing and >not left it up to the mass market to find faults and report them so they can >bring out their patches down the line. This is just not good enough and very, >very pathetic. > >Mindscape would have to have the resources and backing that puts it streets >ahead of any other chess program maker. They have to do better. > >All of these views I send to Mindscape in the hope that they will finally >listen. The mere fact that they say they will bring out an autoplayer in time >with a patch is proof that this is still a work in progress. They have no right >to subject the market to this poor service. > >Maybe the mass market will put up with this crap. But up until CM5K I did not >have access to the net, and I would suspect that people will not be able to, or >even know that there are patches available or soon to come for CM7K. We should >have a fully working product on the first go and I will keep telling them this. > >CM6K had 3 patches, which is 3 too many. > >Mindscape should get it right, or keep their product the hell out of the market >place till they test and make sure there is no crap left. Mindscape is going to ship, come hell or high water. They are not gonna risk missing the Christmas season, no matter how many bugs there might be. As an aside, it's kind of ironic that the guy who's really the CM rah-rah fellow is the only one who reported problems installing CM7K! Dave
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