Author: Brian Katz
Date: 08:17:17 11/23/03
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On November 23, 2003 at 10:49:48, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >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 Sorry! That was a typo. I meant 8.0.0.26 Brian
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