Author: Hans Gerber
Date: 17:58:34 06/11/00
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On June 11, 2000 at 17:59:49, Oliver Roese wrote: >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. >> >>So, my question is still open. Is that the indication for a successful program >>or the selling out of a not so ... program? >> > >The marketprice says nothing about the quality of a product. >Go in a bookstore and look for sellout articles, you will find here wordclass >and quality quite often. >This is especially true for software. >Examples: Netscape, Internet Explorer, StarOffice, Corel,... >In the gamemarket you can sell a game for nearly half a year. >Afterwards you get it for 10 bucks everywhere. > > > > >>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... >> > >Dont count on that, since he got money for doing that. >If you are concerned about the quality of programs ask here in the forum and >many are willing to help you. > >Oliver Roese > >P.S: Many thanks for the hint. Next tuesday i will go for it. Your message is ok, but you did not answer my question(s). :) Perhaps I should repeat the main question. But no - I made it quite clear already. (The answers of Mr. Seifriz and Mr. Silver were wrong. They could not believe that the product really was last year's champion. The statement of Mr. Meyer-Kahlen was telling; however he missed the depth of my question. It is very strange that he supported a view that made him look bad. Please read what I wrote about the content on the cover of the box. Mr. Meyer-Kahlen is well mentioned as author of that program. Now I let you make the conclusions on your own.) Hans Gerber > > > >> >>Hans Gerber
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