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Subject: Re: Just a minute! ssdf testing Shr,7.04! Why not 7.06? [Why?]

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 03:43:50 06/01/03

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On June 01, 2003 at 03:14:13, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On May 31, 2003 at 18:06:35, stuart taylor wrote:
>
>>Isn't this such a shame? Just at the beginning of the testing (of 7.04), after
>>the 7.06 has come out and said to be even stronger than 7.04, surely it's worth
>>starting again but with 7.06!?
>>S.Taylor
>
>    Why on earth are we that impatient? It's quite normal that
>    Stefan Meyer-Kahlen is improving his engine, in particular
>    in view of the coming WCCC. And Shredder706 will perhaps
>    become Shredder8. We are not entitled to receive all these
>    internal "updates" for free. It was already a fine gesture
>    to release Shredder704. A shame however is that Beta testers
>    [who else?] let out such information like the one about
>    Shredder706. Can't we be sure that at the WCCC other versions
>    [not the CD-versions] of Fritz8, Junior8 will participate?
>    Kurt

Yes Kurt, I suppose that must be the main answer.
Maybe the reason why no one else asked the same question as me is because
everyone understands the real answer, atleast subconciously.
However, I'm also more impatient than anyone else, due to my own personal life
and plans.
There will come a time (quite soon) that I will not upgrade anything anymore,
even if there are big improvements in the future. I wasn't even thinking I would
wait for Shredder 8.
Waiting for new programs is very addictive, and compromises my life.
S.Taylor

Sometimes, improvements are made (in computer things) which take a long time to
overtake, like when it comes to the top of a hill, and it takes a long time for
others to catch up, or even for the programmer himself to do better. It has
sometimes been like that for 2-3 years, like with Genius 3. It's that momment
which I'd like to catch! S.T.



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