Author: margolies,marc
Date: 15:23:10 06/15/03
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when hiarcs moved from 5 to 6 and fritz moved from 5 to 5.32, it was a response to the existence of 32 bit operating systems. eg it was driven by outside technology, not marketing cycle. If customers become accustomed to a marketing cycle then they could feel ripped off when they are compelled to pay for change too soon, such persons would expect an upgrade. So long as Maasticht type events happen every year-- and engines are changed for competetive purposes-- one can be fairly certain that commercial programmers will use the publicity attendant upon these and man-computer matches ( underwritten by FIDE and Emirates and dot.coms) as an opportunity to hawk their wares each year. Isn't playchess' free year per purchase policy a pretty solid clue of this? On June 15, 2003 at 14:24:40, stuart taylor wrote: >On June 15, 2003 at 02:19:05, margolies,marc wrote: > >>fritz 8 was released in germany in german at the end of November 2002. An >>english alnguge version arrived for sale in USA about a week before christmas. >> >> >>On June 14, 2003 at 23:31:47, Michael Vox wrote: >> >>> >>>I cannot remember when F8 was released. >>> >>>Anyone care to take a guess when F9 will be released ? >>> >>>Perhaps, Fall 99 ?? > >Fritz ovce took I think about 3 years for an update, so did Hiarcs. On the other >hand, Hiarcs also made a significant update (Hiarcs 5 to Hiarcs 6) within about >6 months. > Possibly, the fashion now is a bit more uniform, being once a year, and they >strive for Christmas. But I always hope for a surprise. As I didn't buy yet this >year, and it's already over half way through the year, I'm wondering if I might >as well wait now, just a little longer. > OH! and I really wish all the programmers good sales and a good livelihood from >there brilliant programs. And I also wish myself similar things! >S.Taylor
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