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Subject: Re: Fritz 7 glitches? Pure BaLONEY

Author: karen Dall Lynn

Date: 21:19:22 01/24/02

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On January 25, 2002 at 00:01:02, Terry McCracken wrote:

>On January 24, 2002 at 22:58:17, James Doby  wrote:
>
>>On January 24, 2002 at 22:52:53, Tina Long wrote:
>>
>>>On January 24, 2002 at 22:30:14, James Doby  wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 24, 2002 at 20:18:17, karen Dall Lynn wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Greetings
>>>>>
>>>>>This is an extended repost of an anterior post.
>>>>>
>>>>>I found the following bugs (?) in my Fritz 7
>>>>>
>>>>>1) No automatic learning. Try to play a number of times an unusual first move
>>>>>which is give (like a3 for instance) 0 in the defaut condition of the book.
>>>>>Nothing happens, no tabulation for that movie. Yet the manual option "learn from
>>>>>a database" will work ok.
>>>>>
>>>>>2) When I click for clipping a Cross-table on a database, if I chose the option
>>>>>"fill with spaces", sometimes Fritz 7 silently unloads.
>>>>>
>>>>>3) The stop buttoms of the engines do not work during an engine match
>>>>>
>>>>>Are these to be regarded as glitches?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Some people will always find something to complain about.
>>>
>>>Hi James,
>>>Umm, what you say is partially true, some people do expect their software to
>>>work correctly, and they enquire if their own software problems are shared by
>>>others.  I think the above post was, rather than being a complaint, a query as
>>>to whether other people are experiencing the same problems.
>>>
>>>When you say "Pure BaLONEY" does that mean that Your F7 does not have these
>>>three problems?  Or are you saying your F7 Does have the same problems & it is
>>>BaLONEY to enquire if other people have the same?
>>>
>>>I'm just trying to detirmine the "solidarity" of F7 (upgrade2).
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Tina Long
>>
>>
>> I have had no problems at all with Fritz 7
>
>Really? Hmmm...even Chessbase mentioned bug patches with their latest upgrade.
>I'm sure there are many more before Fritz 7 becomes both the strongest chess
>engine, (Still up for debate) and is bug free.
>I for one am glad for these posts as it's convinced me to stay away from Fritz 7
>untill they get all or at least most of the kinks out.
>
>BTW...so what if there are many complaints? Isn't what this forum is for, to
>disscuss computer chess and also the promlems related to programmes?
>
>Last time I checked it was!
>
>Terry


Hello

You moved straight to the heart of the argument. The kernel is: we are doing a
decent job when we point out bugs because the developers themselves do the very
same very often; and this forum would not last without an equally decent flow of
complaints and remarks.

Karen



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