Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 15:00:41 01/26/06
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On January 26, 2006 at 15:44:23, Uri Blass wrote: >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. Probably, everything will have percentages associated with it. I do not plan to buy future chessbase products, but it is because of the feature set of those products (I want EPD output, and ablity to put the engine into the GUI of my choice, etc.) Rybka and Fruit do not change my opinions. I will buy future Shredder/Gandalf/CM, etc. as long as I can continue to meet the requirements I want for myself.
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