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

Author: Alex

Date: 12:14:04 06/18/03

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On June 18, 2003 at 12:51:35, Uri Blass wrote:

>On June 18, 2003 at 11:57:04, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>Regarding Junior 8?
>>
>>Here is the letter I recieved today. They want me to _understand_ not to
>>_correct_ the situation!
>>
>>Terry
>>
>>================================================================================
>>
>>Dear chess friend,
>>
>>many thanks for your mail.
>>
>>Unfortunately there is a mistake in the text of the Junior8 DVD box.
>>
>>The Junior engine that played Kasparov in February was a version for
>>multiprocessor systems only. In fact there is simply no single processor version
>>of that multiprocessor engine. That's why the engine that played Kasparov is
>>included on the DeepJunior8 CD-ROM only but not on the standard Junior8 CD.
>>
>>We bag your pardon for that mistake. Since there simply is no single processor
>>version of that engine we will not be able to provide you with a fix/upgrade.
>
>Not a convincing excuse.
>They can correct the situation by sending the people who ordered Junior8 also
>the version that is not the single processor version that played against
>kasparov.
>
>Uri
 Indeed!!  I dare say that would be a COURT's opinion!!  Alex.



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