Author: Uri Blass
Date: 07:33:00 01/26/06
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On January 26, 2006 at 09:23:31, Arnold Gove wrote: >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 Only an engine is exactly what correspondence players need. I know that I bought recently only rybka and fruit and I guess that without them fritz or hiarcs could be good candidates to buy. Uri
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