Author: Tina Long
Date: 22:19:28 02/01/00
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On February 01, 2000 at 02:07:48, Jouni Uski wrote: >Today it's more a rule than exception: when new program is released it's takes >only couple of weeks until first update is available. And the new engine >should be spectacularly much better than old. This is almost always pure >nonsense. After SSDF has played some hundreds games with new engine the truth >is seen: may be new engine is 5-10 points stronger than old or maybe even less. > >My wish: no updates with less than 30 points REAL rating increase :-) > >Jouni I fully approve of free upgrades. Usually they are released to fix bugs in the interface, and if they upgrade the engine as well, then "Thanks very much." We can't wait for the interface to be perfect, this takes too long, and the engines will never be perfect. I buy a state of the art engine with a "nearly fixed" interface. If the suppliers want to give me "fixes" then that's fine. It was very interesting to follow Ed's experiences in the first GM games, as he told us what changes he was making to the Rebel10 engine as a result of those games. Some of those changes came with the Rebel10b upgrade. When I download an upgrade I feel like a Customer who is cared for, and in turn I appreciate the programming team & I am more inclined to buy from them again next time. Tina Long
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