Author: Christopher R. Dorr
Date: 06:22:34 02/28/00
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It might be good for the programmer, but for a company with a marketing position like CM7000, it really doesn't make any sense. CM7K sells on bells and whistles; i.e. the pretty boards, kid-friendly piece sets, tutorials, and other gimmicks. Mindscape makes it's money with the 99.999% of the general public who think a Sicilian Dragon is a mythical creature from an Italian island. These people know *nothing* about winboard, nor do they care. Mindscape doesn't really care too much about the serious computer chess enthusiasts; we make up a tiny fraction of the market, and we probably buy their product regardless of what they put in it. So why should they go to the trouble of making a winboard engine? They are a company, and make decisions based on economic logic. If it generates more revenue than it costs to make, then we do it (i.e. has a positiove return on investment). If it costs more to make than it will generate (negative ROI) then they won't. And making a winboard engine from CM7K probably falls in the latter category. It wouldn't make sense for them to go to the trouble. I'm glad too that many companies are making their engines for winboard; I'd just be extremely surprised if Mindscape followed suit. Chris
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