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Subject: Re: 32 bit Genius 6 engine will be not free...

Author: Steve Maughan

Date: 00:47:00 01/12/99

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On January 11, 1999 at 15:45:18, RICARDO REGO wrote:

>I got this message from Chess Gambit web site:
>
>"Today (Jan/11/99) the Millennium GmbH told us quite surprisingly that the 32
>Bit GENIUS 6 engine, which is still being developed and was supposed to be
>included in the GENIUS 6 CD, WOULD NOT BE FREE. We had misunderstood them. But
>there would be a free bugfix soon. We are quite surprised! How can anybody sell
>GENIUS 6 twice? - 11/1/99"
>
>Very bad news.....

Yes this would be a big mistake!

If you think about it from the customers point of view - the last 4!!!! upgrades
(3 to 4, 4 to 5, 5 to Gold, Gold to 6) have seen very little improvement in the
playing strength.  It seems a little strange that they think that many people
will pay for an engine upgrade, that by recent history has improved very little,
let alone one they thought they were buying in the first place!

Steve Maughan



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