Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 07:49:48 11/23/03
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On November 23, 2003 at 10:30:31, Brian Katz wrote:
>Why hasn't a more recent FRITZ 8 free upgrade been released when the newest
>Fritz 8 CD has version 8.0.0.29?
>The most recent free upgrade (8.0.0.23) has bugs and is not as strong as the
>8.0.0.8 CD Version.
>That brings to mind another important question!
>Many players are not advanced users and may not think of preserving copies of
>engines before upgrading. So, many have gone to the playchess server and have
>been prompted to upgrade, have had there 8.0.0.8 engine converted to the
>inferior 8.0.0.23 version and know no other way of getting it back, other than
>uninstalling and reinstalling the program. On top of that, many may not even be
>aware that there is a problem with the engine. They paid for the CD, get
>prompted to an inferior upgrade, and then a new customer purchases Fritz 8 and
>gets the latest 8.0.0.29 version. This doesn't seem at all fair.
>In all fairness to the upgrade, there are some GUI features in the true 3D
>settings that are added, such as under the "Geometry and Board" tab, the upgrade
>adds the option to have the Knights look left or right or diagonal left or
>right. I am sure there are others.
>I just think that if a new CD version of the same program, in this case FRITZ 8,
>is out, then CHESSBASE should have the decency to offer that as an upgrade as
>well.
>All comments encouraged and welcome. Eeven if you think I am being too fussy!
>Thanks,
>Brian Katz
Is the latest version really Fritz 8.0.0.29? I thought
it is Fritz 8.0.0.26 which you get when buying the Fritz
WM Edition
Kurt
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