Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 15:09:24 08/11/00
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On August 11, 2000 at 07:44:50, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On August 10, 2000 at 21:51:15, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>It is a pity that with so many Chessmaster followers, the King Version 3.0 or >>CM8000 beta will not be participatingin the WMCCC. >> >>Pichard. > >Apart from the fact that i don't give it a single % chance to finish #1 >there, if you pay $500 entry fee, i'm sure Johan will participate. >I guess that johan doesn't join because chessmaster doesn't pay >his entry fee, otherwise he probably would have a shot at joining. > >$500 entry fee is quite a lot. I'm secretary of a big chessclub. >We organize a lot of tournaments. With $500 entry fee i could live >quietly the rest of my life. Money is not the reason. 500 bucks maybe are a lot for you, but not for a company. The reason is they are going to deliver CM8000 in a couple of months or so they cannot take the risk to get even a second place. How much people could be disappointed because of that and instead of purchasing CM would purchase the winner? OK, not too many people as much CM aims to mass market, that does not even knows about the tour, but even so why they should expend even just 500 to lose only 10 customers from the professional niche? For what? Fernando
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