Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 13:41:05 03/11/01
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On March 11, 2001 at 16:28:17, Pete Galati wrote: >On March 11, 2001 at 15:50:52, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >>It is amazing that some people has got so angry because Tiger 14 and gambit 2 >>are not already in his hands. From now on Christophe and Ed have learned the >>lesson, I suppose: not to say anything about nothing never more. Nobody would be >>angry without knowing of the new release. Once the release was announced, greed >>to have it at once, right now, has spread like a fire in the prairie. >>But what is most amazing of all is that the new engines, absolute new versions >>as programer say, will be for free. Just think: we have been purchasing one >>chessmaster after another, each duly priced, each coming after a year or more, >>each plagued with bugs and nevertheless nobody has claimed a right to get the >>program at once and for free, even when almost everyone of those sucesive >>versions where almost the very same thing. Some CM not even offered a new >>engine; what we have purchase year after year has been the same engine -until >>cm8000- or almost and practically the same gui. And nobody got angry, with the >>exceptions of those that were so because of bugs. >>Then take the case of Chessbase. They ask money for everything, except patches >>or relative upgrades of almost invisible improvement And they ask a LOT of money >>if the thing is somewhat new. And many of us pay it without a word. And then >>take the case of some programs whose upgrades, also duly priced, has been LESS >>strong than the precedent versions (Nimzo 8). Again, there were some >>dissapointed people BUT nobody thought they were victimized or cheated. And >>now, after all that, we have a company that will offer us TWO truly new and >>powerfull engine for NOTHING and people get angry because it is not already >>available. Incredible. >>I will say more. Not because I am an agent of Schroeder and not because I am >>friends of them, I am neither of that, but because of my own selfishness I would >>be more than satisfied to pay for it. Yes, to pay for the new engines. I have >>done it for those programs I have mentioned before, why not for these? It is in >>my interest -and I suppose in the interest of everybody here- to keep those men >>working for us, giving us more and more interesting stuff year after year. Am I >>going to put that in jeopardize because of some paltry 20 or 30 bucks? >>So, if anyway we are not going to pay nothing, the least thing we can do is just >>keep the mouth shut. >>Fernando > >I've been ignoring the clowns, I don't have time to read their insults. > >Pete
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