Author: Albert Silver
Date: 08:01:00 12/08/05
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On December 08, 2005 at 10:40:48, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>I wonder how many of the supposed "beta tester" did really test nothing. I tend
>to think that very few does it. Most simply takes a new engine as maná coming
>from heaven and many others "beta testers" are the friends of the so called
>primary beta testers, receiving it through email.
>I agree that real beta testers should become sort of a privileged group
>entittled to receive free the commercial version to which they colaborated. Not
>the rest, though. Rest are suckers -I am one- of the talent of a guy that has a
>right to get something for his effort.
>In this case all my "beta testing" has been to play the engine and write some
>comments. Maybe those comments, thoyugh not technical at all, were useful for
>Vasa, but even so I feel I am in debt with him and certainly it is possible I
>will purchase his engine...once it has a decent gui. In that I am diamond hard.
>
>My best
>Fernando
Nah, I don't agree. In fact, when I bought Hiarcs 6 for Chessbase, it came in a
single diskette. Many people have complained that Chess Tiger 2004 could only be
used within the Lokasoft GUI and not others. I myself would be upset if Rybka
came in its own GUI and couldn't be used in others of my choice. I am able to
use in my favorite ones: Chess Assistant, Chessbase, and Arena, and that is what
I really want, so when he gets his infrastructure up, he'll be getting my money,
just as Letouzey got mine as well.
Albert
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