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Subject: Re: A Very New Idea about what News should be...

Author: Fernando Villegas

Date: 18:06:22 09/04/00

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On September 04, 2000 at 15:33:20, pavel wrote:

>On September 04, 2000 at 14:05:10, Fernando Villegas wrote:
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>>On September 04, 2000 at 12:54:16, Dave Gomboc wrote:
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>>>On September 04, 2000 at 11:35:17, Fernando Villegas wrote:
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>>>>Has anybody seen just one new about the London tour in the "news" pages of
>>>>Chessbase AFTER there was a winner that was not a chessbase product? Maybe I am
>>>>missing something. Please, give me a hand if that is the case. Maybe the news
>>>>are in another page now or they are developping a new concept about news in
>>>>which news will be only those that fits the company. Kind of Orwellian world.
>>>>Or maybe I am so idiot that I still believe in that old saying about fair play.
>>>>First rule of fair play: you salute and recognize the succes of the opponent. At
>>>>least a line with an almost invisible font.  From now on my first rule for
>>>>knowing what's going on in this field is not going to Chessbase news page.
>>>>Fernando
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>>>The final crosstable for the tournament is posted, and Shredder and its score
>>>are bolded.
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>>>Generally a company uses their web page to promote their products.
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>>I know, but then you does not talk of having a "news" page. Besides the result
>>there were some other things that could be said, but they prefered to say
>>nothing in order not to trumpet Shredder.
>>Fernando
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>It is reasonable, as dave said, it is more likely that the company will try its
>best to promote its product and not to praise other products, in order to make
>them look stupid.


Who is talking about praising? I do not ask so much, But if you claim you have a
news page, you at least should have something to say of the most important
tournament, specially if you putted there two or three of your horses. If they
cannot have that minimun dosis of credibility to say a minimun dosis of what
happened, then to me it is just another page of commercial hoopla under disguise
of "news". That's all. Nothing wrong with it, but it is good to know it clear
and strong
Fernando


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>In this position, I would do the same thing, and I believe so will most people.
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>some may disagree.....well that is life ;)
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>pavel.
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>> It is the
>>>responsibility of Shredder's distributor to trumpet its achievement loudly.
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>>>Dave



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