Author: Peter Berger
Date: 14:27:29 03/22/01
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On March 22, 2001 at 15:49:26, Ed Schröder wrote: > >The long awaited update for Rebel 11.0 will be released on April 2, a page >with the announcement of that + the new features etc. will be on the Rebel >Home Page tomorrow. This is a non-issue . I hope it was clear I haven't been critizing Schroeder BV for a delayed update ; when it is about announced release dates it's simply amusing sometimes but not worth discussing to any length . > >Furthermore Chess Tiger will be developed further for the next Rebel. The >ChessBase version of Chess Tiger is something many people would like to >have so why not do it. This is a question that could be answered by Mr Theron : money comes to mind when it is about this decision . This year was a year of competition I think : there was the Rebel 11 release , CM 8000 and Shredder 5 . Every package was competitive to the Chessbase products by its own right . There was _no_ Fritz 7 , _no_ Junior 7 , _no_ Hiarcs 8 , to talk about the top shots of the company . Let's imagine a Shredder/Chessbase engine now after Tiger went Chessbase . I think sales for the competitors are over then . Yes , there is some new version release under a different GUI but if you can't afford spending unlimited amounts of money for chessprograms it's easy : just wait for the new engine to be released as a Chessbase engine ; it's JUST like hardcover and paperback . And : if the engine isn't released Chessbase you know : it's simply not worth thinking about ; probably it simply sucks . Well , but what happens when only Chessbase and non-competitive competitors are left ; who is the one who has to suffer ? The users ? Definitely no ( maybe programs become a _little_ more expensive , so what ) . Might be the commercial programmers left then . In fact after reading all these answers I am positive that's just the way to go : users seem to love it . I don't know why exactly I feel offended that much by this idea : probably I got infected by some LINUX virus . pete
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