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Subject: Re: Update on serious Fritz bugs

Author: blass uri

Date: 22:07:14 09/15/98

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On September 15, 1998 at 22:54:57, Serge Desmarais wrote:

>On September 15, 1998 at 19:17:35, Alessio Iacovoni wrote:
>
>>On September 14, 1998 at 13:22:48, Eran wrote:
>>
>>>On September 14, 1998 at 12:51:21, John Coffey wrote:
>>>
>>>>I agree with the poster who said that the bugs are minor.
>>>>You do not agree because you expect the program to be completely
>>>>bug free?  No software is completely bug free.  I have yet to
>>>>encounter any of these bugs, so I hardly feel put out.
>>>>
>>>>Fritz 5 is an excellent product.  I don't know how it compares
>>>>with other products, but I enjoy it quite a bit.  It was be rash
>>>>to tell people not to buy it.
>>>>
>>>>John Coffey
>>>
>>>
>>>I agree with John Coffey.  Software even DOS applications are never perfect. In
>>>reality, it is impossible to make a bug-free software.  I have Fritz5 and I am
>>>quite happy with it.  I learn to adjust to Fritz5 program while I from time to
>>>time report bug to ChessBase.  That is part of evolution; that's life. :)
>>>
>>>Eran
>>
>>I', sorry. I don't agree. I'm not saying people shouldn't buy Fritz 5. It's a
>>beautiful program with wonderful features (if it worked as it should). I'm just
>>saying that maybe you should be carefyull to try it out on you machine and check
>>and see if it will work fine or not, because at least in my case it hasen't.
>>
>>As to bugs.. would you buy a wonderfull teeshirt with some tiny holes near the
>>neck part or at the bottom, where the shirt is usually tucked into the pants?
>>Would you consider these to be "minor" defects (because the are not visble to
>>other people.. at least not always) or wouldnt you rather decide against buy
>>that specific item because, on the whole, it is not acceptable?
>>
>>Alessio
>>
>>I'm still waiting for an answer from chessbase on the defect I have experienced
>>with their program (this is day 5 if i'm not wrong). Let's see if their custumer
>>service has bugs as well.
>
>
>   You know what? I installed Frint 5 under Win 3.11 and the sound would not
>work EXCEPT for the TICK.WAV (clock sound). I installed Fritz 4.01 from the CD
>and it playe all its sounds great. Now I compared the wav files for both version
>: same number of bytes, same name , same sound plays when I use the utility that
>comes with my soundblaster 16. Now WHY isn't Fritz 5 able to play the sounds
>that Fritz 4 could play? WHAT has changed from one version to the other? I wrote
>Chessbase about it (3 times to Wuellenberger and once to Feist). Wuellenberger
>answered me that the TALKINGS were high resolution sounds and so I should
>upgrade to Windows 95. First, WHAT does the BOARD SOUNDs have to do with the
>TALKINGS??? And on the box it says it WORKS under Win 3.11 as well as under Win
>95! It DOESN'T say that only a few funtions/options could work under Win 3.11 :
>it says IT WORKS!
>
>
>   Now, WHY pay OVER 200$ to get a chess program if you get NO support at all???

Did you pay over 200$ for fritz5
This is not the price of Fritz5.
(I paid 470 Shekels (less than 150$)

Uri




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