Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 14:15:14 11/11/98
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On November 11, 1998 at 16:41:27, Alois Ganter wrote: >I do not understand what you mean by writing about teath and hair of Jews. It >sounds to aggressive and makes a very bad feeling for me. What has it to do with >software? this is a historical context that shall show that big and famous companies (you refer to the big german DEUTSCHE BANK) has sometimes made their money with horrible historical decisions. Today many people have forgotten how the deutsche banke and e.g. the Dresdner Bank have come so big. It is the same parallel to microsoft : many people know that microsoft is a big company and that it offers a very often sold operating system. but how many people remember the history of microsoft and their concurrent companies ? The same with others: e.g. in this case chessBase. Somebody here asked why so many people have animosity against chessBase. I wanted to explain that a company has not only to be seen for what it does on the shallow surface of the present, but also to be counted for the things they have done before ... >I see it from the side of a user. i am a user too. And i bought a product that was sold as STRONG. in fact it is not strong. i have bought other products that were called strong (hiarcs, nimzo, junior, rebel) and these products are as strong as promissed. > I worked with Genius5 for two years and did >not know Fritz. A week ago I buyed Fritz because the full package (DM 100) is >cheaper for me than the update to the coming Genius 6.0 (DM 120). if you for the first time bought a product from chessbase, you maybe don't know about their history. You see, we have a different point of view because we have a different base of knowledge and experience. > And now I find >that it is a so much better program in my opinion. I don't think 20,- DM are worth debating much about them. On the other hand you cannot value the millennium update by now, because it is not on the market so far. so how do you know fritz is better ? You bought an old program. the new millennium product is a new stuff. you paid only 100 because it is clear that fritz5 runs out, a running out product is always cheaper. If pentium 100 is state of the art 19xy and you buy it 19xy+4 than you will maybe pay only 100 * n. of course 100 * n is cheaper than 120 *n. but - you buy something that is old in the moment you buy it. it has run out. > It makes me really enjoy >chess and plays very strong and a wonderful attack style. if you say so. enjoy it. if you would have asked me, i would have sold you my fritz for 50,- DM. this is also cheap. :-))) >Alois
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