Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 03:55:15 06/26/03
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On June 25, 2003 at 17:46:59, George Tsavdaris wrote: >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. Perhaps if you approached them about giving you a discount if you buy 3 or 4 engines at once they might consider doing so? Dave
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