Author: José Carlos
Date: 06:07:48 11/09/01
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On November 09, 2001 at 06:28:08, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On November 09, 2001 at 06:02:48, Tina Long wrote: > >>I would expect that Fritz1z was the 25th FREE update of my Purchased Fritz 1 >>Likewise I would expoect that Fritz6d was the 3rd FREE update of my purchased >>Fritz6, not a $120Au purchase that apparently only works well when put in an old >>GUI. > >Fritz 7 is not an update. It's as simple as that. It's two >new engines. >You can argue about version numbers all you want, they mean >nothing. If ChessBase decides that it's new enough to warrant >a new major release, that's it. > >Based on the results that some people are getting, they may well >be right. > >You should be thankfull that you get two engines for the money of >one instead. I don't know for sure, cause I don't but Fritz, but I've read that mmx version is buggy. >Thinking that buying something automatically entitles you to >free updates of any _new_ version that is published is redicoulus. >Expecting bugfixes for the most critical bugs is more realistic, >but even that is often not done. That's dead false. At least, in _serious_ software market. I've been programming for companies for some years. You _can't_ sell buggy sotware and then ask more money to fix it. You have to finish your work on time, and it has to work perfectly. Either delays in time and bugs in code will cause that you get penalyzed in money. And, of course, you have to fix _any_ bug your code has. Once the program works perfectly, you can decide with the client a maintenance contract, in which, by an amount of money, you provide periodical updates. José C. >-- >GCP
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