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Subject: Re: One more thing.

Author: Jonas Cohonas

Date: 14:49:16 04/14/01

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On April 14, 2001 at 17:17:41, Rajen Gupta wrote:

>On April 14, 2001 at 11:56:41, Jonas Cohonas wrote:
>
>>On April 14, 2001 at 11:50:33, Amicitia Stone wrote:
>>
>>>On April 14, 2001 at 11:47:42, Amicitia Stone wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 14, 2001 at 11:17:26, Jonas Cohonas wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On April 14, 2001 at 10:44:39, Ovidio Santistevan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>I don“t know if somebody talked about this before,  but, in my opinion,  Tiger
>>>>>>should have kept his relationship with Rebel,  and not initiate a new one with
>>>>>>Chessbase.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Well interesting point of veiw, but why do YOU think that?
>>>>>I think that it is a great idea, and it gives an opportunity to test GT2 and
>>>>>CT14 against all chessbase products without having to play auto games between
>>>>>two computers. This will always make the programs stronger in the end since none
>>>>>of the programmers like their progs to lose anymore than we do, it keeps the
>>>>>COMPetition alive and leaves this beta tester with a smile on his face :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards
>>>>>Jonas
>>>>
>>>>I was a little skeptical at first, chessbase seem to be hogging all the good
>>>>engines :)
>>>>
>>>>But then I realized that I was being somewhat selfish. And I'm man enough, well
>>>>women enough :) to admit it. I think what's important is the fact that it helps
>>>>the programmer. I'm not sure of the amount money involved here, and frankly it's
>>>>none of my bussiness, but if it's in the best interest of the author then I say
>>>>go for it. Also, like Jonas said it's great for the consumer also, and great for
>>>>chessbase. So I wonder, is it a win-win-win situation here? The author wins, the
>>>>consumer wins, and chessbase. A very nice move for the tiger indeed.
>>>
>>>You talk about how Tiger should have kept his relationship with Rebel.... They
>>>still are together. That's what's great! Tiger didn't jump ship, it simply added
>>>more vessels to its fleet. This makes it stronger altogether.
>>
>>Good point, it is important for the skeptic to remember that CT14 and GT2 never
>>stopped working with Rebel actually christophe theron (programmer of GT2) said
>>that as far as he is concerned this might be the only time GT and CT will be
>>available as CB native engines, but i doubt that :-)
>>
>>Regards
>>Jonas
>
>i too doubt it.this strategy will become so successful that i predict that at
>the same time next year, shredder( provided it maintains its momentum) will also
>be sailing under the chessbase banner!

One can only hope, one gui-->hundreds of engines

Regards
Jonas



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