Author: Zheng Zhixian
Date: 06:05:30 09/10/05
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On September 10, 2005 at 06:03:47, Ed Schröder wrote: >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? Well if that wasn't the case, it wouldn't hurt reporting that Zappa and Fruit cam ahead of Chessbase engines right? It's not like Zappa being 2005 world champion would affect the sales of Fritz.
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