Author: Richard Heldmann
Date: 12:47:20 03/25/01
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On March 25, 2001 at 06:09:54, Peter Berger wrote: >On March 25, 2001 at 04:06:37, Thorsten Czub wrote: > >>On March 24, 2001 at 19:59:41, Peter Berger wrote: >> >>could you please enlighten us about the sense of your comments ? thank you. > >I was simply making a sneaky remark about the following lines : > >"Chessbase provides the best chess engines at a very affordable price. >Chessbase provides the best interface for chess engines. >Chessbase is the standard by which all others are judged." > >These like similar statements make me wonder if this is some kind of religion . If you want to send me a donation, don't hesitate. ;) > >I own a few Chessbase programs and I like them ; I own some others , too , which >are also fine . I own Rebel Tiger II/Century 3, Rebel 10, Chessmaster 5k,6k,7k,8k, Fritz 6, Hiarcs 7.32, Shredder 5, and others and I like them all. I believe the Fritz interface is the best. Who has anything about halting the development of other chess programs? I've merely made Chessbase a target, which is something they would rather not be. > >I am not especially in favour of a situation where there is only one interface >left so I am not too happy with a Chessbase/Tiger but this is only an opinion . Agreed. >Statements like the above keep getting repeated several times by several users >until probably they get accepted as the simple truth . I don't believe members here are that simple. > >This is like Mr Irazoquoi claiming that Chessbase programs have been leading >everybody's list for 3 years now forgetting about CM6000, Hiarcs 7 and Tiger 12. > >Statement 1 : Best prices ? I think the Rebel 11 package or CM8000 have much >more reasonable prices . Also I am not in favour of this selling of things like >"Fritz Endgame Turbo" which every user can build for him/herself . I did not say 'best' price, I said best engines. I said they are provided at an affordable price. >Statement 2: Is this about the GUI ? Well , the GUI is fine . CM8000 and >ChessPartner or Shredder are fine , too . Every interface contains a few things >the others don't have . It's also obvious that the different companies learn >from each other and these functions are usually in the next version of the other >company , too , which is great for us users . Yes, it is about the GUI. >Statement 3 : Hmm , can't comment on this . > >pete
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