Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 14:35:48 01/12/02
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On January 12, 2002 at 14:46:43, Sune Larsson wrote: >On January 12, 2002 at 13:52:42, Torstein Hall wrote: > >>On January 12, 2002 at 12:03:56, Mogens Larsen wrote: >> >>>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. > > >> >>Do you think it is so expensive to pay about 50 Euro for a chess engine? And I >>do not think it adds much to the cost to sell every engine with a user >>interface! (Try to calculate yourself how much extra expence it adds to burning >>the CD....)And that way you will always have the latest interface for your new >>and old engines. Great if you ask me! > > > Do you use the latest F7 interface? If yes, do you still think that this > piece of buggy crap is "great"?? This product is miles below for example > the Shredder GUI. Stefan is known to be almost a perfectionist. > Solution: Play the engines in the F6 GUI. > > Sune I think you know just as well as I do that there is comming a bug fix to the F7 interface. Anyway, they have a long tradition doing that! The interface looks in my view very god compared to anything on the market, but I admit it is full of bugs. They probably wanted to have it out before christmas for commercial reasons. I think it will be great when they have fixed the bugs in it. Then it will be great! This was not my point though. My point was that I do not think it add much to the cost selling it with all the engines. So why not get your bug fix on a CD when you buy your next engine.... :-) Torstein >> >>Torstein >> >> >>> >>>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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