Author: Uri Blass
Date: 05:30:10 01/26/06
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On January 26, 2006 at 08:22:43, Arnold Gove wrote: >On January 26, 2006 at 07:30:41, Franz Hagra wrote: > >>Will Rybka and Fruit become a problem for ChessBase or are they only interesting >>for freaks? >> >>Please vote via Subject: >> >>Problem - if you think a major problem coming up for CB >>Freaks only - only freaks will know Rybka and Fruit in the future >> >> >>Hagra > >The Rybka_v1x_customers Yahoo Group has less than 600 members. So, how many >people paid for Rybka (or Fruit) *instead* of paying for a ChessBase product? >Not all that many, I suspect. In fact, the more buzz and hype about computer >chess, whether it's caused by Rybka or anything else, the better for ChessBase >since they don't sell engines only. Anyway, the latest Fritz is, as usual, still >in the top handful of engines. > >AG Rybka has 555 customers based on what is written there. I believe that some hundreds paid for rybka instead of paying for a chessbase products. Rybka has no copy protection so my guess is that many of the users that are potential buyers of chessbase even did not buy it and got it from friends and most of these people are not going to buy Fritz version that is not stronger even if they cannot get it from friends. Uri
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