Author: George Tsavdaris
Date: 14:46:59 06/25/03
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On June 25, 2003 at 16:43:18, Uri Blass wrote: >On June 25, 2003 at 16:22:55, George Tsavdaris wrote: > >>On June 25, 2003 at 13:40:16, Rajen Gupta wrote: >> >>>i have written to my local lexus, BMW and mercedes dealers to send me an LS 430; >>>740i and S500 respectively so that i can do a comparison test for the lifetime >>>of these vehicles and post the daily comparisons on the internet just as a >>>service to the consumers! >>> >>>I cant imagine why, but none of them have agreed! >> >>Yes, what a bad companies they are. Like Chessbase. >>It doesn't give us their engines for free! >> >>Dear Dimitris, your thoughts are unacceptable.Why on earth, someone that >>worked hard for something give it to you for free? OK, some people is doing >>this by releasing freeware programs. But if all programs were freeware >>then you can imagine what would happen. And specifically for chess, if >>someone loves computer chess and wants this continue improving, then >>taking engines for free or stealing them from kazaa etc... is absolutelly >>stupid. Someone who is not paying for the engines and taking them from >>illegal places, it's not clever, it's idiot. Because this way, computer >>chess development will slow down or even stop. >>Although i find really annoying the fact that we have to pay 200 Euro for >>Shredder 7 + Fritz 8 + C-Tiger 15.0 + Junior 8 to get 4 CD's which >>contain 99.99% the same thing, as only engine files change. > >do you say that the engines are only 0.01%? >I think that the engine is the main reason to buy chess software. > OK, you have some right to this. I was talking about size of the files inside the CD, so yes engine-files are only ~0.06% of the entire CD-files. Of cource it's not the size of files that counts, but the purpose of the file. For example i could live without any sound files or the 3-D graphics that are about 20% or more of the size of the CD. Engine is the main reason also for me to buy software, but i think chess companies(Chessbase mainly as it has the most engines) must find a new way for distribute software, as paying 200 Euro for Shredder 7 + Fritz 8 + C-Tiger 15.0 + Junior 8 is too much. I give 65% importance for the engine and the rest 45% for the GUI, but i think the price should be 40% for engine and 60% for the GUI, so the prices must be 20 Euro for each engine and 30 for the GUI.
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