Author: Sally Weltrop
Date: 07:59:50 11/09/01
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On November 09, 2001 at 09:07:48, José Carlos wrote: >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. What about MicroSoft,heehee? > > José C. > >>-- >>GCP
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