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Subject: Re: DM 129 for an upgrade? No, this is not interesting...

Author: Paulo Soares

Date: 14:27:52 10/22/00

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On October 22, 2000 at 08:32:49, stuart taylor wrote:

>On October 20, 2000 at 15:52:47, Paulo Soares wrote:
>
>>On October 20, 2000 at 04:29:33, Harald Faber wrote:
>>
>>>On October 19, 2000 at 12:23:52, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>>>
>>>>On October 19, 2000 at 09:23:53, stuart taylor wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On October 19, 2000 at 09:14:50, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On October 18, 2000 at 21:36:26, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I won't buy it. I'm going to stay with v. 4.0.
>>>>>>>The Rebel 11 CD,or maybe Fritz 7 are going to be my choices...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>A. Ponti
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>PS: Maybe a lawyer in Germany is too expensive...doesn't that influence the
>>>>>>>price? I hope it doesn't...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I think the same. I will not upgrade. I will not pay his lawyer's bill. Even is
>>>>>>a kind of abuse to talk of Crafty as if it was a perk of the package...
>>>>>>Fernando
>>>>>
>>>>>129DM more than $30? I don't know what it is in $ or sterling (Or Israeli
>>>>>shekels).
>>>>
>>>
>>>DM 199 = $86.5 for full version
>>>DM 129 = $56.1 for upgrade which is the prize for the FULL Rebel-11 package!
>>>($1 = DM 2.30)
>>>
>>>>It means a lot more than 30: 65 dollars!!! And just for the upgrade. It is 100
>>>>bucks if you have not previous Century or Tiger versions. Too much. Upgrade
>>>>price is around 50% more expensive than the equivalent rebel 11 package upgrade
>>>>and this one is far superior in features. Think that Millenium went too far.
>>>
>>>Yepp, absolutely.
>>>
>>>>Fernando
>>>>
>>
>>For the upgrade your price is wrong, because you will still spend
>>some money to send the old CD. Rebel offers an excellent support
>>to theirs users, in my opinion this should also be transformed
>>in money.
>>
>>I bought Genius6 (my first disappointment with Millennium) and I didn't make
>>the upgrade for Schreder4+Genius6.5+Nimzo2000 because I had to send the
>>CD (or the paper slip of the CD) to do the upgrade, and because I already had
>>Nimzo2000.
>>
>>In the upgrade for Rebel 11 (I already did) you don't need to send anything
>>for them, everything is made through the internet.
>>
>>A pity, I would like to buy Schreder5, because it is the only top program
>>that I never had, but it seems that Millennium is not knowing as pleasing
>>their customers.
>>
>>Paulo
>
>Can I get the old Millenium as upgrade to my old Genius 3, and then the new
>upgrade of Millenium? Perhaps I will save something like that, Or even get the
>new Milleniun price direct, due to my old Genius 3!?
>But honestly, The regular price seems a bit too much. All I need is Shredder
>itself, And I might wait a few months to see if that is true-too.
>S.Taylor

The upgrade can only be made through any Shredder old version.
Why Millennium didn't offer 1 or 2 CD  contend Schredder5 and 4 pieces Nalimov
tablebases? I would be interested in doing this purchase.
You have others good options, Rebel 11, CM8000, Nimzo8,
Fritz7, Junior, Hiarcs8(?!).

Paulo



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