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Subject: Re: Transalations

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 03:03:47 09/10/05

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On September 09, 2005 at 18:39:54, Peter Kappler wrote:

>On September 09, 2005 at 17:37:19, Mig Greengard wrote:
>
>>Instead of being snide and proving my point about pointless and unfounded
>>bashing, perhaps you could explain exactly what ChessBase, a for-profit company,
>>has to gain by continuing to invest resources in winning 11-round tournaments
>>against other programs. Why is it bullshit for a company to move into something
>>more profitable, like interface design and making an engine that is a more
>>useful training tool for amateurs? What would they have gained had Fritz 9
>>entered and won with a Fischerian score of 11/11? They would put a nice story
>>bragging about it up on their site, put "2005 world champion!" on the box, and
>>sold three more copies than they otherwise would have.
>>
>
>They obviously believe that "2005 World Champion" is a powerful marketing tool.

What if that is no longer the case?

Did you consider this possibility?

Ed



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