Author: Chessfun
Date: 13:38:05 09/26/02
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On September 26, 2002 at 16:24:52, Alastair Scott wrote: >On September 26, 2002 at 05:46:40, Torstein Hall wrote: > >>On September 25, 2002 at 17:36:15, Roy Eassa wrote: >> >>>On September 25, 2002 at 17:25:50, Fernando Villegas wrote: >>> >>>>It seems to differ only in name. As much as Lang discovered he can get some >>>>profit from old Genius engines running in hand held devics, maybe now he gave >>>>another daring step and found he can get extra profit re-baptizising old engines >>>>for PC stuff. >>>>Who knows >>>>Fernando >>> >>> >>>For his sake, I hope he can sell it as Chess Genius 8.0 next year and Chess >>>Genius 9.0 in 2004! >>> >>>;-) >> >>If there is nothing new expect the version number I feel this is fraud. I do not >>think such a practice is better than pirating software or shoplifting. >>If this realy is the case, how many people have bought the same program with a >>different name, beliving it was something new? > >It could be the result of a change of ownership (ie the copyright bought back, >or similar); I know that Richard Lang wanted to buy back the original Psion >Chess but Psion refused and clung onto it. Is Genius version 6.5 still being >sold? > >I agree that changing the version number appears dubious. but doing so could've >been a condition of any agreement. > >In any case, games software is frequently repackaged, sometimes multiple times, >and so is music. The bad state of the classical music industry has led, here, to >boxed sets of four CDs being sold for £20 which were previously being sold for >£13 each. (I've filled a lot of gaps that way, and didn't think of crying >"fraud" because the one disk I did have cost me £13 but was now effectively >costing £5!) > >Alastair Maybe something about the engine specifically should be added by the site in their FAQ list. Sarah.
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