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Subject: Re: ChessBase is the Borg...

Author: Jonas Cohonas

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

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On May 20, 2001 at 07:19:41, Rajen Gupta wrote:

>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

That is some startrek nerd thing, you would probably need to dress up like spock
in your free time, to truly appreciate what he means.

Regards
Jonas



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