Author: Micheal Cummings
Date: 18:52:25 05/02/99
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On May 02, 1999 at 15:34:03, Roger D Davis wrote: >Say that Hsu is able to make a Deep Blue Junior card available for the average >PC-compatible computer for $200 (my assumption, not published info). Wouldn't >that destroy the market for the commericial programs? I mean, who is going to >want to pay $100 for Millenium or even $50 for Fritz when they can pay less than >the price of Chessbase and have something that could shred all but the top ten >grandmasters (and maybe those two) on their desktop? Since a single chess chip >slowed way, way down thumped two of the leading commercials, seems that this >will destory the careers of a lot of good programmers. Either that, or you'll be >able to buy Rebel for $20, and free shipping. > >Roger I think it is fantasy. They might come up with something but it has to be able to do what the rest can already do in features such as Analysis. And all the other learning features other programs have. As I have heard so many times here, it not just the strength of a engine that makes it a good program. Like with car racing drivers, Put a crap driver in a good car he can win, put the same driver in a average car, he will not win. But if you had a good driver in a good car then put him in an average car, he can still win. eg; F1, Senna and Schumacher. Deep blue may have been one of the best on good expensive, unaffordable hardware. But lets see how it goes when it has to come back to the rest of the field. "Good or Crap driver" Only time will tell.
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