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Subject: Re: ChessBase is the Borg...

Author: Rajen Gupta

Date: 04:19:41 05/20/01

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On May 20, 2001 at 03:03:40, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote:

>"At the end of this year there will be a new version of Shredder, running under
>the Shredder interface with its flexible windowing, triple-brain function and
>the UCI engine format, all of which will be improved and enhances in the
>ChessBase project. Shredder 6 will also run under the latest Fritz interface
>which will be included on the CD, giving you the best of both the Fritz and the
>Shredder worlds."
>
>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

PS:  what is a borg, and where does that term come from? if it refers to the way
bjorn borg of sweden ruled the tennis world for most of the 70's wih an iron
hand, i guess the term "borg" is apt

rajen



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