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Subject: Re: Has Anyone Recieved Compensation From ChessBase For Their Mistakes

Author: Joachim Rang

Date: 09:51:41 06/18/03

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On June 18, 2003 at 12:47:53, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On June 18, 2003 at 11:57:04, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>Since there simply is no single processor
>>version of that engine we will not be able to provide you with a fix/upgrade.
>
>I don't understand. They are saying that Deep Junior 8 will not even run on a
>single CPU machine, but Junior 8 will? I've never heard of software behaving
>like that (could be true though, I guess). If Deep Junior 8 (the one that played
>Kasparov) will run on a single CPU machine (even if it is a bit slower due to
>being multi-threaded), then allowing those who purchased Junior 8 to download
>Deep Junior 8 would seem like a very nice solution.
>
>Terry (and others), would you feel that this would be a good solution (assuming
>that DJ8 will work on a single CPU machine)?

DJ8 will work on a single CPU machine, but will also work on a DUAL-Machine. So
giving away DJ8 to all purchasers of J8 will be similiar to sell DJ8 for the
price of J8 for Chessbase. I can understand, that Chessbase will not do that.
Nevertheless they should give something.

regards Joachim



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