Author: David Dahlem
Date: 05:47:40 06/25/04
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On June 24, 2004 at 21:41:28, John Merlino wrote: >On June 24, 2004 at 20:43:44, David Dahlem wrote: > >>On June 24, 2004 at 19:41:55, Mike Byrne wrote: >> >>>On June 24, 2004 at 19:38:56, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>On June 24, 2004 at 17:46:08, Fernando Villegas wrote: >>>> >>>>>I never said they are bad programmers, I just said they are cheaper. >>>>>If I was in Paris and as CEO of Ubisoft I would hire people from my countrry >>>>>first, then, if not available, USA guys, then perhaps french. >>>>>Just a matter of family links... >>>>>Ferdinan >>>> >>>>I understand your point very well, but why would you consider "USA guys" family >>>>if you were in France? >>>> >>>>Ubisoft has development houses in MANY different countries around the world. The >>>>only thing that Ubisoft lost when they decided to switch from the USA >>>>development team to the Romanian team was about 15 years of Chessmaster >>>>experience. >>> >>>With the release of the Cm10K demo, there are signs that Chessmaster has taken a >>>big step backward. I do appreciate the free CM9K engine upgrade however ;>). >>> >>> >>>> >>>>Apparently, they felt that it was worth it to get a larger and less expensive >>>>team. And, ultimately, it was their money and they can certainly do what they >>>>want with it. >>>> >>>>jm >> >>Personally i would love to see TheKing engine part with CM, and go commercial on >>it's own. I would gladly purchase it, knowing i could run it in the GUI of my >>choice, without the hassle of the opk thing. :-) >> >>Regards >>Dave > >And Johan would probably get about 1/5th of the money for his efforts that he's >getting now. What could possibly be the overwhelming downside of the being the >engine in the top-selling chess program? > >jm Hi John Yes, you're right. I was only dreaming, from a users viewpoint. I offer another (dreaming) alternative. Johan could stay with Chessmaster, and also offer TheKing as a separate commercial venture. :-) Regards Dave
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