Author: stuart taylor
Date: 15:42:19 06/15/03
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On June 15, 2003 at 18:23:10, margolies,marc wrote: >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. Fritz had a long break between 3 and 4, or was it 4 and 5? And Hiarcs went from _7_, to 7.32. When it went from 5 to 6, that was also 6 months. S.Taylor 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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