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Subject: More About H8

Author: Fernando Villegas

Date: 10:45:49 05/12/02


Hi all:
H8 is in discussion. We curretly have statistics about his perfomance against
other programs, my own comments, those of other people, etc. In the middle of
that I would like to make clear my point, specially after thinking that even one
negative post can do unfair harm. I recall to this day when I wrote a review of
MChess 7 or 8 in CCR and after a while I received a bitter email from Martin
Hirsh saying to me that it was very bad and sad for him that, after so much
work, me, just a fan but with acces to a writting room, with just a bunch of
words could imperil his business. I felt really bad.
So let me be more specific about H8.
a) Anything I have said about this has no more value than the opinion you can
have with the still scarce data we have. They are completely uncomplete and more
a fleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeting opinion than a solid judgement.
b)I know better than nobody that my first succesuful game, when I drawed at
will, could be just a strike of luck. You have your good days when you could do
a good busines with anybody, any program, etc.
c) I am the most interested guy to discover I was fully wrong and that the
program deserves every buck I expended on it. I do not see the happynness to buy
a mediocre product.
d) I do not give to my own commnents more weight that the little they have. I
can be totally mistaken, as I have been several times in this and other issues.
e) If ever I am questioned about purchasing or not purchasing the product,I
would say: purchase, because even if I am right and there are some flaws, surely
they will be fixed at moment notice.

Fernando




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