Author: Arnold Gove
Date: 06:23:31 01/26/06
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On January 26, 2006 at 08:30:10, Uri Blass wrote: >On January 26, 2006 at 08:22:43, Arnold Gove wrote: > >> >>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 > Hundreds? I doubt if half of Rybka's official customers bought Rybka *instead* of Fritz or Hiarcs - remember that Rybka is only an engine. Meanwhile tens of thousands are buying Fritz. AG
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