Author: Joachim Rang
Date: 10:06:28 06/18/03
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On June 18, 2003 at 12:59:45, Uri Blass wrote: >On June 18, 2003 at 12:51:41, Joachim Rang wrote: > >>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. > >Not exactly because if they give only the version that played against kasparov >then it is not the full content of the Deep Junior8 CD. > >The buyers of Junior8 are people who do not use more than one processor so >I do not think that giving them DJ8 is similiar to selling DJ8 for the price of >J8. > >Chessbase can say that they will give it only to people who already ordered >Junior8 if they are afraid that less people are going to buy DJ8 in the future. > >I believe that 99% of the people who bought Junior8 do not have more than one >processor to use and will not buy DJ8 even if it is going to be at the same >price as Junior8(Maybe today they will buy Deep Junior8 for the additional >engine but in the past the assumption was that Deep Junior8 does not mean more >engines than Junior8) > >Uri It would be very wise of Chessbase to do so but I'm afraid they won't :-( regards Joachim
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