Author: Shaley
Date: 05:50:20 09/07/05
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On September 07, 2005 at 08:30:38, Drexel,Michael wrote: >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 Chessbase and Fritz? No, thanx. Lol! I think, everyone's fed up with those lousy products. It's interesting that the worse Fritz can play, the higher the sales rise. How's that? Does a promotional campaign have something to do with it or are we, ordinary users, too naive to believe the promo-men? You've fallen for Fritz? All right, then bye Fritz 9 and be happy. Lol. Regards, Alexander
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