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Subject: Re: cm7000 - When is the patch expected to be ready? (no text)

Author: Michael Cummings

Date: 22:25:36 12/14/99

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On December 14, 1999 at 17:40:31, John Merlino wrote:

>On December 14, 1999 at 14:27:05, Anthony Boynes wrote:
>
>>.
>
>The patch is currently in test. The development team tells me that this is NOT
>guaranteed to be the final patch. They have addressed all of the major bugs (and
>most of the minor ones) that were reported. They tell me, however, that although
>the "infinite analysis" feature is in an apparently working, it is probably
>going to be held off until the next patch.
>
>This patch was mainly designed to make sure that everybody who currently has
>problems (as well as those who may have problems when they fire up the program
>for the first time on December 25th) will have a patch ready to download.
>
>New features (i.e. the infinite analysis) is not high on the priority list of
>those who make these kinds of decisions; they would rather make the program less
>buggy and don't want to risk tossing in a new feature that may cause new
>problems. Therefore, infinite analysis will likely come in a later patch after
>it has been more thoroughly tested.
>
>This patch will probably go live early next week.
>
>jm

Ah CM7K, I have not bothered with this program since it was released. I say
there should be about 3 patches like CM6K for them to finally get it right. But
on the other hand they are already putting this in priority status for the bugs.
So my guess is that once they get the patch to make the program run well then
they will forget about any of the finer details and leave it at that.

Mindscape does not seem to be commited to chess anymore. And I just love the way
they seem to know the program is not perfect but we will fix a few things and
will wait, if no more complaints come in then this will be the first and last
patch for CM7K.

They do not want to risk tossing in more things. I accept that, if they made
such a mess of the program I do not trust them to add anythig new, let alone fix
what they have.

And maybe you could ask them if when they say still testing it, testing to see
if the patch actually runs. Cause the so called development team seem to
develope but not test what they develope.

I hope you pass my comments onto the developement team to show how pissed I
still am at them for stuffing up my computer. I can only hope and prey that the
developement team is only worried about the patch cause they are a new
development team cause the others were given the boot for their failure to
deliver a product of value. And that they need time to sort out the mess from
the old under development team.

I just question the quality of the company who can release a program with so
many bugs. All programs have bugs, but there is a limit to the acceptable
amounts.

John cause you work for Midscape or matel, this is not a comment against you,
that is unless you programmed CM7K or was a person in charge who allowed this to
be realeased, then it is. :)



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