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Subject: Re: Downloads at ChessBase: What's up?

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 09:03:56 01/12/02

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On January 12, 2002 at 10:50:58, Matthew Barnett wrote:

>Yes, I've had some problems with the ChessBase WinBoard adapter but at least I
>got a taste for, and discovered, WinBoard engines through it.

That is a positive effect of the Winboard adapter, whatever one may think of it
otherwise.

>Perhaps ChessBase
>are jealous of WinBoard's stability; not to mention that it has more engines in
>its stable than ChessBase could ever dream of!!

I'm not sure that Chessbase are jealous of the Winboard community. After all,
they have the majority of commercial engines in their stable. Not to mention the
fact that they rob the users blind. Here I'm thinking of the fact that a user
might want five engines and one GUI. But he gets, and pays for, five engines and
five GUIs. Amazing IMHO.

However, I'm also quite certain that Chessbase initially wanted to exploit the
Winboard community with as little effort as possible. But better awareness has
made this approach a hot potato.

Regards,
Mogens



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