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Subject: Re: Millennium gives up!

Author: Steve Maughan

Date: 08:07:09 05/13/01

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>There's a message on their website. So far only in German.
>
>http://www.computerchess.com/news.html#Kern

Here's the Alta Vista translation - you should be able to get the gist

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concentrates all forces on the strongly expansive core business rapid growth in
the house MILLENNIUM 2000 with more than 300% growth in the last 3 years - with
continuously extremely positive tendency - requires the Konzen­tration of all
forces on the growth potentials in the core business (chess computer, electronic
plays and Consumer product). That means zwangs­laeufig the separation from
subranges, which can carry this necessary growth not with, on the other hand
however in other place urgently needed resources substantial in requirement
takes. Those unfortunately since longer, generally declining tendency in the
software market, which can be observed, has different reasons, like the
increasing saturation of the market and naturally also unbewael­tigte robbery
copying problems. Therefore the management of the MILLENNIUM 2000 GmbH decided
represented by Manfred Hegener and Ossi Weiner - after more than two decades of
extremely successful activity in point computer chess - of heavy heart not to
engage itself in the future no more in this division. This has to the
consequence that the three-way computer chess world champion Meyer bald ones
marked Stefan out its future WM programs over other ways become. In the area of
the inexpensive Consumer products (the so-called?Kaufhaus versions?), we will
continue also further successful co-operation with him. We thank Mr. Meyer bald
very cordially here for co-operation of many years and ausser­ordentlich
successful and require to him further much success with the coming computer
world championships and matches against human point large masters. At all
customers of ours MILLENNIUM WM Schachprogramme abroad the in and we would like
to thank you and discharge for the loyalty of many years us from them with a
quite special SPECIAL OFFER: The unbeatable WM package 2001 (inclusive SHREDDER
5 WM program, amateur WM program SOS 2000, Nalimov final game D-CRcOcMs,
parallel version DEEP SHREDDER and Winboard adapters compatibly to B-CPrograms)
immediately at the scoop price of only DM 119.00!! (supply limits temporally!)



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