Author: Henrik Dinesen
Date: 05:46:48 05/13/05
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On May 13, 2005 at 05:11:09, Peter Skinner wrote: >On May 13, 2005 at 03:59:47, Henrik Dinesen wrote: > >>Hi Peter, >> >>Yeah, you're right. When it war up the release I asked: >> >>--- mail quote >> >>> I have to admit I was surprised to that see Shredder now also is divided >>> into "deep" and not "deep". What was wrong with the selection in the >>> settings? Is it a performance matter, convenience, or..? It makes me >>> curious. >> >> Mainly commercial reasons, the effort of developing, maintaining and >> improving a parallel search is otherwise not worth it. >> >> Best regards >> Stefan >> >>--- mail quote end >> >>However, I appreciate he's honesty very much, and a quick answer isn't too bad >>either. >> >>Henrik > >Hi Henrik, > >His business practice is perfectly fine with me. The problem is the way he >treated his former consumer base. > >While he is honest and quick with his answers, there is also no wavering. He >will simply not add the one feature that his users want to get the most out of >the product they purchased from him. > >This is why I state he is getting to proprietary. He wants his users to use his >interface and his alone. To get the best performance you _have_ to use _his_ >interface. > >To me that is just plain garbage and quite arrogant. > >He could have offered a loyalty upgrade where if you proved you owned Shredder 8 >that supported the dual processor format, then you could purchase Shredder 9 >with the same options. Or a version that atleast had the "own book" option to >use in any UCI compliant interface. > >Neither was done. He only cares about "commercial reasons" and not his customers >anymore. > >Peter Hi Peter, In most you say, I can't disagree. I got the CB version; I like to use that GUI and I didn't want a UCI-version where practically all I got was the engine (no possibillty to use the book). Had it been possible, I would have considered a lot more. I think in this way too many doors are getting closed, and that's a pitty. Henrik
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