Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 06:44:40 09/10/05
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On September 10, 2005 at 09:05:30, Zheng Zhixian wrote: >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. When Toyota is awarded with the yearly car-of-the-year title it's unlikely you can read that on the Ford web-site. Ed
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