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Subject: Will chess programmers face the wrath of the DOJ?

Author: Rajen Gupta

Date: 14:51:40 12/20/97


Now that the DOJ has made it illegal to include mare than one feature in
a software product(RE: windows 95 & IE3/4)unless you charge double or
triple the price, would chess programmers be the next targets of the
DOJ? Can Shredder be sold with end-game database? Is it fair for Fritz
to include a chess tree, a fairly substantial database and 3 very strong
chess engines and so many other features that are missing in other chess
programmes? Can Chessmaster 5500 be sold for 1/2 the price of other
programmes? Is Rebel 9 which includes the fantastic bonus CD Rom in its
purchase being fairly sold? and most important what about all the free
ware programmes,some which like crafty which are as strong as the
strongest?

I wonder if I can complain to the DOJ about the above (I guess I can't
because I am not a multibillionaire)

Rajen Gupta



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