Author: Eduard Nemeth
Date: 07:32:06 01/26/06
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On January 26, 2006 at 10:18:59, Thomas Mayer wrote: >Hi Franz, > >> Will Rybka and Fruit become a problem for ChessBase or are they only >> interesting for freaks? > >ChessBase has no problem at all with Rybka or Fruit, not now and probably not in >the near future. >Simply forget about the freak-sector which is represented here and in other >computer chess fora. You can not earn real money with that. Money is earned on >the mass market, the first company that understands this was the producer of >ChessMaster. >How could something become a problem to ChessBase ? It is doubtful that this is >still possible -> The product must have then an even better GUI then ChessBase >has, better features for normal chess players, better courses for beginners and >a better chess server in backhand. And of course a company with as much money, >man-power etc. behind it. They would need good relations to chess organizations >etc. to build a market and to get the interest on their product. And to steal >customers from ChessBase. So this would be a process of several years. And >ChessBase is not sleeping in the meanwhile - e.g. once laughing (Friedel) about >Chess Servers they are now quite big in the market and I am very sure they start >to earn money with it. >So Rybka & Fruit will only become a problem when one of them is included in a >great GUI with great support and good marketing people behind. I do not see that >to happen. To me it's way more likely that one of those two engines will be seen >as a ChessBase native in the near future. >As long you can only download them as an engine they are just for Freaks, for >the masses the installation process etc. is way to complicate. They want to have >one CD, put that in their drive, a install-routine must be shown and copy the >data on the drive and then they want to use it. Everything else is freakish and >will never earn money. > >Greets, Thomas Hello Thomas! In my Opinion Rybka will be soon (this Year) a ChessBase Engine ---> only my Opinion! :) (wollen wir wetten?) Best, ED. We will seen
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