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Subject: Re: ChessBase is the Borg...

Author: Frank Schneider

Date: 04:00:34 05/20/01

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On May 20, 2001 at 04:09:39, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>On May 20, 2001 at 03:03:40, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote:
>
>>This quote from the ChessBase page, says it all as far as I'm concerned.
>>ChessBase, the 'Borg' of Chess companies, has assimulated Shredder, and most of
>>us chess customer's as well.  Of course, resistance is futile:).
>>
>>
>>Larry S. Tamarkin
>
>right.
>
>you will maybe not understand this, but
>dietmar schoenherr, an austrian/german actor once said:
>
>"als ein staatsbuerger, ist widerstand gegen die macht, pflicht !"
>
>this means, roughly translated: as a citizen, living in a democracy,
>resistance against a big power, is a duty.
>
>there is a song by bettina wegner, saying nearly the same:
>"wo gewalt herrscht, wird widerstand zur pflicht."

I'm sure they had computerchess on their mind when writing this ;-)

Frank

>
>
>the federation will resist. otherwise star trek would be at the end, or ?



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