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Subject: Re: baning hiarc programer

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 18:32:24 05/10/99

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On May 10, 1999 at 18:44:05, ERIQ wrote:

>I think It is very wrong to lie as he did regarding "not making hiarcs 7
>a engine for fritz", and something should be done!! maybe not baning but
>something. I admire his ablity as a programer and the great work that he
>has done with his program as I think most here do, but that does not
>excuse his action.
>
>         sign,
>             ERIQ

Hello ERIQ,
I assume you're just trying to be funny.  EVERYONE has a right to change their
mind.  Especially if it's in the business field where you have to do whatever it
takes to survive in this dog eat dog world.  The chess programming field is very
competitive and what looks good today may not be true tomorrow.  I did not but
H7 because it was a DOS program and because it would have cost me more for the
auto232 system after that.  Final talley would have been about $200.  So I like
to think my not buying it had something to do with the decision to make it
available in a windows environment.  Probably not but when you buy a product you
have no right to tell the manufacturer that he should not later offer that same
product in a different package or at a different price.  You got what you paid
for and knew that up front.  This is starting to sound like the Rebel "Crying"
thing again.  I think he should be praised for being flexible enough to do what
is right for him.  By the way I purchased Fritz 5.0 about 3 weeks before the
Fritz 5.32 came out at half the price I paid for Fritz 5.0.  I'm not crying
about it---that's life!
Jim Walker



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