Author: Komputer Korner
Date: 09:59:06 12/18/97
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I should also mention that I am a beta tester for numerous programs. This does not affect my review of the final product. If I say that a program is the Program of the Year, that certainly affects the other programs. Those other programmers must certainly be affected by this and wonder why their program is not program of the year. My Gold Medal list accents each program's strength, but calling Fritz 5 the Program of the Year recognizes the brilliant way that the Fritz programmers implemented a chess tree/opening book editor into an opening book that the Fritz engines can use. This unique concept has implications for opening book study and learning theory and challenges Bookup as "The" opening book editor on the market. Other features like the correspondence/analyzer feature and the sparring mode for players lower than master level combine to give Fritz 5 the lead in chess software features. Of course nearly every other program has something special to it and that is why the Gold Medal list is looked upon by commercial programmers as their Holy Grail achievement list which keeps them constantly adding newer and more useful features all the time. It is a fine line between reviewing a company's product and panning or praising it, and I appreciate your concerns. I only hope that I never cross that line just because I receive a company's product for review or beta test. On December 18, 1997 at 12:43:45, Komputer Korner wrote: >I put the Dr. Schiller Teaches Chess on my Krash list. >Chess Academy 2.0 for DOS and it's companion instructional software did >not get a very good review. >Power Chess 1 got a bad review >Corel Chess got a bad review >IAMGM chess database got on my Krash list. >The Monarch datbase made it on my Krash list. > >With every review that I have ever done, any fault that I have either >discovered or confirmed has made it into the review. Typically my >reviews list at least 30 -40 faults or bugs within the software. > >The only piece of software that I have bought recently is CM5500. >Almost all of the software I receive is review copies. > > > >On December 18, 1997 at 03:18:34, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >> >>On December 17, 1997 at 16:33:52, Komputer Korner wrote: >> >>>I am calling Fritz 5 the Program of the Year. >> >>I have received free evaluation copies of various pieces of software, >>and this has had effect upon my thinking about that software and the >>people involved in its production. >> >>I think it might be useful if, when you review something, you explain >>where you got what you reviewed, and how much you paid for it. >> >>Also, do you solicit review copies? What do you promise in return, if >>anything? >> >>Have you ever panned anything someone sent you for free, and if so what, >>and what happened to that relationship when you did? >> >>bruce
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