Author: Albert Silver
Date: 07:19:43 05/19/01
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On May 18, 2001 at 07:31:06, Tina Long wrote:
>On May 18, 2001 at 01:29:55, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>Yes congratulations to Chessbase - they have soon all top engines running on
>>their GUI! Rebel is only top program outside Chessbase house,
>
>What about the King Engine in CM8K which greatly outsells all the Chessbase
>family? That is not on Chessbase.
>
>Chessbase has MOST top engines now. They will NOT "have soon all top engines".
>And what is the aim in screaming that they will?
>
>> but I am not
>>surprised if I read soon, that Ed is making engine to Hamburg company. Or Rebel
>>company is merged to Chessbase.
>
>Rubbish! Why do you insult Ed?
>
>>Is this progress good for computer chess? I am not sure...
>
>By Screaming "total MONOPOLY!" you are strongly implying that this is a bad
>thing. It is too late to try to placate your argument with "I am not sure..."
>>
>>Jouni
>
>There is no "total MONOPOLY!" here.
>
>Chessbase are currently doing well, and are signing up the rights to many good
>engines, as well as the emerging "Young Talents", because they have developed a
>very good and popular interface.
>
>People already build adaptors to play Shredder in CBase Gui.
Without wishing to enter the discussion per se, I'd like to point out that I
doubt VERY much that the UCI to Winboard adapter was made with the idea of
playing Shredder in the Fritz GUI. I think that was just one of the effects
that's all.
Albert
>People who buy CM8k write here about how they try to play the King Engine in
>CBase Gui.
>
>Good on Chessbase, they provide valid competition to Rebel, Chessmaster, and
>whoever else is in the Marketplace.
>
>No offense meant Jouni, I'm just placing the other side of the argument.
>
>Tina Long
>(first & foremost a Rebel fan)
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