Author: John Merlino
Date: 14:55:23 04/02/04
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On April 02, 2004 at 16:46:53, Jonas Bylund wrote: >>Even if there were a hundred free Winboard engines stronger than The King, >>people would still buy Chessmaster because of the incredible value of the entire >>software package. >> >>Additionally, people typically don't find out about the existence of free >>engines without first delving into computer chess via a commercial package. I >>don't know how many people download Crafty each year, but I would suspect that >>each one of them has bought a commercial program first. >> >>jm > >That's actually a bit creepy, i started getting intrested in comp chess when i >first got Chessmater 5500 and the next step for me was the to run Crafty under >Winboard. I got hooked on comp chess through CM5500 and then discovered that >there was a lot of free engines out there :) > >Jonas It's not creepy; it's the norm (unless you feel creeped out by being normal). ;-) jm
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