Author: Jason Williamson
Date: 16:13:37 03/20/00
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On March 20, 2000 at 18:01:39, Dann Corbit wrote: >On March 19, 2000 at 08:08:51, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>Nowaday winboard freewares such as: Crafty, LG2000 V 2.5 and Anmon 5.06 are >>satisfying more than 75% of the chess players rated under 2300 around the World. >>How are the top 6 programs such as: (Fritz 6a, Junior 6a, Rebel Tiger 12e >>Shredder 4, Hiarcs 7.32 and Nimzo 7.32) making a sale? > >The Winboard programs are too difficult for 90% of the people in the world to >install. Sounds like a wild exaggeration, but I will bet it is pretty accurate. If you have ever been in Channel 211 on the ICC you would see that Mr Corbit is TOTALLY CORRECT! soanso(211): How do I set up crafty? Nexus(211): Read the documentations then ask. soanso(211): I did, I don't understand blah blah blah usally the command line part. >Commercial programs are not just very strong players, but they have many >additional functions as well. Database functions spring to mind. > >The biggest reasons (I think) are: >1. Ease of installation >2. Ease of use >3. System documentation >4. System features >5. Technical support > >Commercial programs are dirt cheap. The most expensive playing programs are >around $100. You can get Chessmaster for absurdly low cost. It's like $20 or >$30. > >A serious player would certainly be willing to part with such a pittance to >improve his/her play. > >All that having been said, when I play it is usually against crafty with >winboard!
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