Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 17:34:49 03/11/01
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On March 11, 2001 at 20:07:21, Christophe Theron 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. 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 > > > >Thanks for your kind words Fernando. > >Your words are words of wisdom. Some people should really open their eyes before >writting nonsense. > > > > Christophe I feel the same way as Fernando does, and also realized that in order to get the best programs available some company are asking for a ridiculous price of $100 like Chessbase with Deep Fritz and Millennium with Deep shredder. But Thank to you Christophe and Mr Ed Schroeder, for providing one of the best program specially an upgrade for FREE, of an already great program for half of the price as the previous mentioned. Pichard
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