Author: Georg v. Zimmermann
Date: 05:32:39 01/13/00
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Hi, > I may be wrong, but my over-all view remains; Chess Base company over the >last 2 years has given better pricing on their programs & data, then anyone >else, and ChessBaseUSA has at least on one ocassion, given me a better upgrade >price (Junior 5.32, because I already owned Fritz5.32), on one completely >unique, different engine (even though in the same Gui). Well, the Chessbase themes CDs are still very expensive. But that wasn't the point. You said that "Junior6 cost less, because I've bought Fritz6, for example.". And you can't name a shop where I can get Fritz6 for less than the normal price because I own Fritz6. I don't like people making claims they havn't verified/can't prove and make judgements from that. But I like that you are honest enough to admit it. A while ago Chessbase sold Fritz+GUI for about double the price and you could buy other engines and use them under the same GUI. That was the same concept Millenium GmbH (Millenium System +Zarkov etc...) is using now. But Chessbase changed to selling Junior/Nimzo/Fritz/Hiarcs +GUI seperately. Exactly the same as Schroeder B.V. is doing with Tiger/Rebel now. > >So, in conclusion; Rebel is a great company, with a great product line, but >Chess Base is even better. I have to spend more of what's left of my software >buying money with Chess Base... > bigger= better? I don't think so. I own Fritz6 and I'm happy with it. I would be even more happy though if they'd released a fix for the completely unusable printing routine within the first few months after Fritz6 was released. Do you think Ed would have taken so long for that fix? So, in conclusion; I don't think you can say that one company has better support/ pricing etc. They are simply different. Georg
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