Author: Frank Quisinsky
Date: 01:26:59 02/28/00
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On February 28, 2000 at 00:18:47, Christopher R. Dorr wrote: >Why don't they release a Winboard engine? > >Because they would have *absolutely nothing* to gain. It would take significant >programming effort on their part, and would not generate any additional sales. >The makers of Chess Master care very little for the 100-5000 hard-core >enthusiasts who even know that there even *are* winboard engines. We would buy >CM8K (or whatever) regardless of the winboard interface. And the 99.99% of the >other Chess Master purchasers couldn't care less about it. > >Therefore, it wouldn't be a particularly good move on their part to spend money >for something from whcih they would generate no return. > >Chris I think it is good for the firms to sell "WinBoard Engines" and good for the programmer. But when the Chessmaster program in America more then 1.000.000 buyer has and Johan de Konig got 1 Dollar ... Now under ... Chess-Base GUIs (Fritz 5-32, Fritz 6, Junior 5, Junior 6, Hiarcs 7-32, Nimzo 7-32, Chess-Base 7.0) Millennium Chess System (Genius 6.0 / 6.5) Chess Academy 2000 5.0 Chess Assistant 5.0 Chess Partner 4.0 - 4.2x Chessvision 1.2 WinBoard 3.6.x - 4.0.5 Bookup 2000 (I think) works "WinBoard Engines". And in the next time under 75% from new products. The trend is clear and the trend is good for the customer ! It is a new market and I am happy that a lot of firms made his programs compatible to WinBoard. Regards Frank
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