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Subject: Re: Absurd Fritz 7 version !

Author: Sergei Smith

Date: 03:47:14 04/13/02

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On April 12, 2002 at 13:05:22, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On April 12, 2002 at 10:59:21, Sergei Smith wrote:
>
>>I downloaded the new version of Fritz 7 and this version it is just absurd !
>>
>>With Fritz Light of http://playchess.com they were well on their way to improve
>>Fritz but this new full version is a complete reversion back to caveman
>>technology.
>>
>>Several people complained about Fritz' need for Mpr.dll
>>Fritz Light runs without Mpr.dll and was quite an improvement compared with the
>>previous full version but this new version needs Mpr.dll again. We thought they
>>got rid of it for good but they reverted to the caveman method of compilation
>>again.
>>
>>It's like as if Ed Shroder would bring out Rebel 15 Win32 for WinBoard and in a
>>couple of years bring out Rebel 20 DOS
>>
>>It would be great if Chessbase listened to their clients'  feedback, but alas
>>...
>
>
>What is Mpr.dll for?  Why is it so objectionable?

There is _NO_ reason to keep this file.
All good software works without it, spyware does not.
You do _not_ need network support.
There is _NO_ reason for software to query system info.
The ridiculous so-called software protections do need system info.
Copyright _IS_ theft. In some counrtries there is no copyright law at all.
That's why I dislike The King so much. I would'nt be a bad engine (+- 120 Kb)
but it needs CM8000 (20-30 Mb) to get the OPK number. This is of course
ridiculous.
I can not keep big files on my hard disk.



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