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Subject: Re: A new chess program on the horizon?

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 08:24:38 11/16/01

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On November 16, 2001 at 00:17:48, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On November 15, 2001 at 20:55:10, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>
>>On November 15, 2001 at 12:39:27, Slater Wold wrote:
>>
>>>You have a point.  But from what I understand, this is *NOT* the case.  They are
>>>actually making their own.
>>>
>>>Microsoft buying Chessbase makes NO sense, since Chessbase probably makes 1% of
>>>what Microsoft does.  Chessbase is worth what?  A few million?  Microsoft can
>>>create their own software and run Chessbase out of the market for less money.
>>>
>>>There already is a Microsoft Chess program, that came with an add on pack a few
>>>years ago.  It wasn't very good, but it shows they had started on something.
>>
>>Chessbase can only dream of making 1% of what Microsoft makes per year.
>>
>>The chess program that went out in Windows Entertainment Pack 4 was contributed
>>software, meaning that an employee (not me) wrote it and they shipped it.
>>
>>It was monumentally bad.
>>
>>bruce
>
>
>
>...and it was based on Turbo Chess, by Borland.
>
>
>
>    Christophe

That is true, but I don't know if the guy who wrote it got around to telling
anyone.

bruce




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