Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 16:01:13 11/15/01
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On November 15, 2001 at 18:51:18, Slater Wold wrote: >On November 15, 2001 at 17:31:55, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On November 15, 2001 at 17:19:24, Slater Wold wrote: >>[snip] >>>If MS takes Chessbase, Chessmaser, Rebel, and Chess Assistance's share of the >>>market, it would be *very* worthwhile. >> >>That would actually be just about the most tragic thing that could possibly >>happen. >> >>If they expand the market by raising awareness, that would be OK. >> >>ChessBase and ChessAssistant are chess database products. That is very >>different from a chess program. > >Yea? So? What stops them from adding all the features of CA and CB into their >engine? Thus making it more worthwhile to buy it. First of all, they cannot possibly incorporate the features of a chess database into a chess engine. They perform completely different functions. What does a chess engine do to help you study chess opening theory, for instance? If they are to make a full-featured chess database system, it will take years to get it market ready. You are talking about going from 200K lines of code to several million. The only way a chess database from MS will come out in the next year is if they purchase a system from someone. Or if they produce a partially functional one. The second is highly improbable, since they would be soundly panned by chess software reviewers like Bob Pawlack, and become a laughing stock over it.
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