Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 12:55:24 11/16/01
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On November 16, 2001 at 11:24:38, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>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
It's written in the help file!
Christophe
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