Author: Peter Kasinski
Date: 10:14:11 11/02/97
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As technologies change, so do copy protection methods and our attitudes. I paid for enough chess programs to make my wife weep, here is my vote: 1) the dongle - no thank you. Bought ChessBase 3.0, 4.0, will not buy the new one because of copy protection. 2) Diskette with a small install counter - no thank you. With the PC industry changing weekly, I am adding memory, cards, transplanting CPU's, motherboards more and more frequently. Each time the counter goes down... I will not buy programs that ask me to mail my disks back so I could get three more installs (for three more months?). Farewell TascBase 2.0. 3) Manual look-up - will tolerate, but manuals do get lost sometimes. But I can still run Sargon 5, Colossus X (why - is a reasonable question) 4) Diskette must be present to play - will tolerate. Slightly more annoying than refueling from a CD. But I can still run my Socrates 3.0 and Mirage (unlike TascBase, WChess, Chessmachine Madrid - among other programs using method no. 2). 5) Refuel from CD - fine with me (will upgrade annually) Especially if the CD comes with more than one copy of the program (like Genius, Nimzo, Fritz, Rebel 9) 6) Very high install count - fine with me (will upgrade annually) M-Chess, Rebel, Hiarcs have all done that. 7) No copy protection, world-class software - Chessmaster 4000, 5000, 5500, Virtual Chess. Are they all losing money? 8) World-class software free - thank you Professor Hyatt.
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