Author: Uri Blass
Date: 01:00:56 05/13/05
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On May 13, 2005 at 01:31:51, Peter Skinner wrote: >On May 12, 2005 at 08:28:20, Peter Fendrich wrote: > >>Hmmm, what wrong did Stefan Meyer-Kahlen do to deserve pirates? >>/Peter > >Whenever a person chooses to make his program proprietary to his own interface, >and basically robs customers let right and center, then he deserves everything >coming to him and more. I disagree. > >Stefan has seen to it that Shredder will only perform it's absolute best within >_his_ interface. He _could_ have added the "own book" option to his program, but >then there would be almost no use for his interface. You _have_ to use his >interface to use the Neechi book. There is no other option. So what? You cannot use Fritz's book under external interface and the same for Junior so you should also not buy these programs for the same reason. > >Removing the dual support from the regular Shredder 7/8 and offering a single >cpu and a 2 to 16 processor version is just plain scamming customers. Why remove >something that has been there for the last two versions? Simple answer.. money. >Nothing more, nothing less. > >If he never added the dual support in the previous two versions then the point >would be moot. Since he _has_ and now _removed_ it, this is a simple cash grab. I disagree. Fritz and Junior do not give dual support for the same money and I see no reason to prefer them. I do not see a reason to prefer a programmer that never gave something and not a programmer that in the past gave it and stopped to give it. Uri
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