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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