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Subject: Re: King 3.23 among the top-4 engines

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 05:20:55 06/09/03

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On June 09, 2003 at 08:08:58, Lyn Harper wrote:

>  You make a valid point, Sune. However, it could be argued that other programs
>are guilty of the same thing.
>  Does'nt Fritz8 have a couple of different versions when you consider patches
>and version numbers. Does'nt it have a "Deep Fritz" version, which you have to
>buy separately? Same for Junior?

I'm not sure what you are refering to, you mean if this is a trouble to the
users also?
Ok, that is true, patches are also indications of sloppy work.

> On the SSDF list, should'nt there be only one version of each program?

Ohh yes! :)

>  The development of CM is based on independant testers and general customer
>input between versions. There is simply too much testing for the programmer to
>be expected to do it all himself. Rating points are hard to get nowadays.
>  Lyn

Which is exactly my point. Optimizing is a *big* job.
This job is not bigger for CM than it is for Fritz or Shredder, yet they do not
ask the users to help them improve their program.

-S.






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