Author: Alessandro Damiani
Date: 14:04:44 07/10/00
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On July 10, 2000 at 06:38:22, blass uri wrote: >On July 10, 2000 at 05:54:22, Alessandro Damiani wrote: > >>On July 10, 2000 at 04:21:25, pavel wrote: >> >>>On July 09, 2000 at 18:30:05, D Ridge wrote: >>> >>>>I’m a long-time Chess Master fan…got 5000/6000/7000. >>>> >>>>Decided to try Fritz 6 since I’ve heard so much about it. >>>> >>>>Never had such mixed feelings about a piece of software. >>>> >>>>I feel some of aspects of the user interface & some features are remarkable and >>>>make CM seem like a toy. >>>> >>>>I also find some aspects of the user interface & some features completely >>>>baffling! >>>> >>>>Maybe I’m thick but I find CM is, in general, far more intuitive to use in >>>>almost every area. >>>> >>>>Anyone else find that? >>>> >>>>David >>> >>> >>>you should understand the differance CM users and fritz users, >>>CM was made mainly for the mass market with "cute interface", didnt care much >>>about the program strength. though its still very strong. >>>on the other hand fritz is made for serious players. for players you are more >>>interested to have "good games" and analyze "serious positions" and stuff like >>>that. not for novice :) >>>thanks >>>pavel >> >>This answer tells me that marketing guys at ChessBase did a good work. >> >>Alessandro > >I disagree. >The answer tells me that marketing guys at mindscape did a good work. > >From a marketing point of view making programs for the mass market are better >than programs for serious players and I guess that mindscape earns more money >from chessmaster than chessbase from their engines. > >Uri You missed the point of my sentence...it has to do with psychology. Alessandro
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