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Subject: Re: Where's Shredder in all of this?

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 17:33:01 08/07/02

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On August 07, 2002 at 20:05:54, pavel wrote:

>On August 07, 2002 at 18:51:41, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>On August 07, 2002 at 18:45:14, pavel wrote:
>>
>>>On August 07, 2002 at 18:29:08, Ricardo Gibert wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 07, 2002 at 17:46:16, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Kasparov Vs Junior
>>>>>Kramnik Vs Fritz
>>>>>
>>>>>Shredder gets the shaft again.  How about Anand?
>>>>>;-)
>>>>
>>>>Shredder isn't really getting the shaft. It simply isn't marketed as effectively
>>>>as the other commercial programs. You reap what you sow. Fritz and Junior are
>>>>getting what they deserve, because their promoters work harder and perhaps
>>>>smarter.
>>>
>>>They all have the same promoter, chessbase.
>>>
>>>cheers,
>>>pavs
>>
>>Negative.  That's their "distributor".
>>
>>Big difference.
>
>
>I think they promote and distribute under one roof.
>If you don't promote (advertise), you don't distribute (sale) much.
>
>If not, who promotes Fritz, Junior and Shredder?
>
>
>cheers,
>pavs

I think the Fritz and Junior team have been Chessbase since the start.

People like SMK and Christophe I think simply have "agreements".

I could be wrong.  I don't know their contracts.

But like in the music industry, WB might distribute your record, however they
are not responsible for promoting it.



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