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Subject: Re: Fritz 7 (No MMX) is Fritz 6 !!

Author: Gordon Rattray

Date: 16:30:48 11/09/01

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On November 09, 2001 at 10:22:43, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On November 09, 2001 at 09:07:48, José Carlos wrote:
>
>>  I don't know for sure, cause I don't but Fritz, but I've read that mmx version
>>is buggy.
>
>Blech. The interface is buggy indeed. The engine works fine, though
>perhaps not as some people expect.
>
>>>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.
>
>Chessprograms are not serious software. And by your description,

Why?  Just because they don't get used to fly aeroplanes?  People pay serious
money for chess software; it should be of a sufficient quality, and that
includes the engine and the GUI.

Gordon

>neither are operating systems.
>
>--
>GCP



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