Author: Uri Blass
Date: 12:44:23 01/26/06
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On January 26, 2006 at 13:56:52, Dann Corbit wrote: >On January 26, 2006 at 08:30:10, Uri Blass wrote: > >>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. > >I guess that at least 400 of those customers also have some chessbase product >(e.g. myself) I agree but it does not mean that rybka did not influence them not to buy new chessbase products. I bought Fruit and Rybka I have also Fritz8 and Junior9(I use also shredder9 under chessbase but I did not buy it from chessbase) but I did not buy Fritz9 or Hiarcs9 and without Fruit and rybka the situation could be different. Uri
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