Author: Albert Silver
Date: 12:21:30 06/11/00
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On June 11, 2000 at 14:59:56, Hans Gerber wrote:
>On June 11, 2000 at 14:07:22, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote:
>
>>On June 11, 2000 at 07:41:29, Bert Seifriz wrote:
>>
>>>When Chessmaster 7000 is released it costs 50 dollars. At the same time
>>>Chessmaster 6000 will cost 20 dollars, Chessmaster 5000 maybe 5 dollars,
>>>and Chessmaster 4000 will cost 50 cents. ChessMaster 3000 and 2000 are
>>>free then! This is the way it worked and works.
>>>So when you go to a grocery like Lidl and you find a Millennium Chess this or a
>>>Jubilee Chess that for 5 bucks you can be sure that you do neither get the
>>>latest version nor the full menu of the latest version. Instead the CD might
>>>contain other older programs and some advertising!
>>
>>>There is nothing like a free lunch!
>>
>>You are right.
>>
>>Stefan
>
>Ok. Now I know. Thank you for the confirmation.
>
>There is just one problem! It is right that it is Millenium. But the name of
>S.M.K. is very well on the back of the CD or somewhere very small and hidden.
>
>In combination with the announcement that it is the World Champion (!) I want to
>state that M.K. is as responsible as Millenium.
>
>'The winner program of Paderborn' it is announced.
>
>In Paderborn it was not the version SHREDDER 3, but a newer one, probably
>version number 4. That World Champion version is sold for 7 US$ right now.
Not necessarily. If I buy a recent version of Fritz and it states that it was
World Microcomputer Champion in 1995, that doesn't necessarily mean that the
engine in it is the one that won that World Championship.
Albert Silver
>
>So, my question is still open. Is that the indication for a successful program
>or the selling out of a not so ... program?
>
>Final question to Mr. Seifriz: how do you call that if there is no version
>number 5 out yet and the implication has been made that it is the actually
>strongest program (of S. M. K.)? More so if Anatoly Karpov is telling you that
>on the front cover...
>
>
>Hans Gerber
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