Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 05:30:38 09/07/05
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On September 07, 2005 at 06:49:39, Alex Schmidt wrote: >Hi, > >>Lastly, my personal opinion is: ultimately only tournaments count. > >I would not say only, but I agree that a WCCC with a few rounds against the best >other programs with their best settings and books counts a lot more than some >people think. > >Your point with UCI support is right. Maybe you would sell only 100, maybe 1000 >copies more with UCI support, interesting is the mass market and I wish you good >luck with it. > >Best, >Alex Do I always hear mass market? :) The mass market is saturated. In my chess club (90 members) practically everyone has a version of Chessbase or Fritz. You can get a version of Fritz for 10-15 Euro in town. No need to use another GUI. Nobody would go through the trouble to learn the handling of a new GUI, convert databases,etc... just because there is a "Worldchampion" on the box. Worldchampions are dime a dozen today anyway. Besides, you need a large distribution system to hit the mass market. Michael
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