Author: Roger D Davis
Date: 13:49:56 05/03/99
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On May 03, 1999 at 10:43:32, Steve Lopez wrote: >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. > >It won't happen. We're talking about having to install a *chip* or *card* here >(rather than just a piece of software). No offense to anyone, but I talk to >several people a week who find typing d:/install in Windows' "Run" box to be a >very daunting task. Install a piece of *hardware*? No way! So if Hsu were to approach Chessbase with the idea of somehow wedding his new board to Chessbase and the Fritz interface as an engine, thus offering the best analysis ever and the ability to generate grandmaster level novelties ad naseum, you think he would be turned down? :) Roger
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