Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 19:14:17 01/31/00
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On January 31, 2000 at 20:49:30, James T. Walker wrote: >On January 31, 2000 at 12:27:34, Tom Kerrigan wrote: > >>On January 31, 2000 at 10:24:13, James T. Walker wrote: >> >>>Hello Amir, >>>This is not a question of Shredder 4 playing or not it is only a matter of >>>setting the record straight. Why do you want people to think it is Shredder 4 >>>when it is Shredder 3 ? I see nothing wrong with making it known which Shredder >>>is playing in the tournament. >>>Jim Walker >> >>The name of the program is "Shredder," not "Shredder 3." >> >>I think that doing the standings and parings with the program's name is entirely >>appropriate. >> >>-Tom > >Hello Tom, >I don't own Shredder so I can't argue with what the name is. I do own Fritz >5.32 and Fritz 5 and Fritz 6 and I know the name is not Fritz because it says >it's Fritz 6 right on the CD. Now if Shredder omitted that bit of information >when packaging the program I'm sure it's just an oversight. Certainly you are >not claiming all Fritzs are the same and all Shredders are the same. If whoever >is putting out this bit of information is purposefully being misleading then >shame on them. What could possibly be gained by misleading the spectators as to >which program is playing? >Jim Walker The numbers, i.e., Shredder _3_ and Fritz _5_ and Office _97_ are version numbers, and definitely not part of the program's name. If your Fritz 5 CD was labeled "Fritz 5 Compact Disc by Franz Morsch", would that also be the name of the program? I'm obviously not claiming that all Fritzes and Shredders are the same. That's why version numbers exist. -Tom
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