Be careful where you buy Houdini 4, or you could get burned

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Re: Be careful where you buy Houdini 4, or you could get bur

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Henk wrote:All these three top engines are bad. There is a group of developers that creates a monopoly with their open source. Then you have an engine created by Jehovah's that are against blood transfusion. Third you have an engine that is a clone and did not play at WCCC (rejected ? I don't know).

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Re: Be careful where you buy Houdini 4, or you could get bur

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APassionForCriminalJustic wrote:It is good go see Houdart gone. The man clearly could care less about customer service. The guy literally wrote here that his business partners were basically more important than his customers. This thread is already dead; nevertheless, it should serve as an immediate example of how pathetically disrespectful to his customers this man is. Word of advice Robert: when patrons buy YOUR engine with his or her own hard-earned money, perhaps you might want to consider showing them the RESPECT that they are entitled to (give them the Houdini 4 discount). Your blatant lack of respect for people who paid top dollar for your engine through Chessbase is atrociously disgusting. It does not matter where persons decide to buy your engine. Customers are what really matters; your fans are what really matters. But you clearly do not understand this. Like Vasik Rajlich, it appears that you have chosen to run showing, once again, your obvious lack of respect for the persons who have helped support your endeavors throughout all these years.

All you need to do is provide a simple paragraph of penmanship stating clearly as to where the state of Houdini's development lies.

Again, I am sure that everything that I have written here is a complete waste. That being said, good worded points, I believe, are worth mentioning.

apassionforcriminaljustice

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Re: Be careful where you buy Houdini 4, or you could get bur

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APassionForCriminalJustic wrote:It is good go see Houdart gone. The man clearly could care less about customer service. The guy literally wrote here that his business partners were basically more important than his customers. This thread is already dead; nevertheless, it should serve as an immediate example of how pathetically disrespectful to his customers this man is. Word of advice Robert: when patrons buy YOUR engine with his or her own hard-earned money, perhaps you might want to consider showing them the RESPECT that they are entitled to (give them the Houdini 4 discount). Your blatant lack of respect for people who paid top dollar for your engine through Chessbase is atrociously disgusting. It does not matter where persons decide to buy your engine. Customers are what really matters; your fans are what really matters. But you clearly do not understand this. Like Vasik Rajlich, it appears that you have chosen to run showing, once again, your obvious lack of respect for the persons who have helped support your endeavors throughout all these years.

All you need to do is provide a simple paragraph of penmanship stating clearly as to where the state of Houdini's development lies.

Again, I am sure that everything that I have written here is a complete waste. That being said, good worded points, I believe, are worth mentioning.

apassionforcriminaljustice
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