Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 16:43:30 08/04/98
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On August 04, 1998 at 13:52:25, Thorsten Czub wrote: >On August 04, 1998 at 11:50:45, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >>Hi Thosrten: >>In fact is not so a good question. there are huge differences between Mark and >>Ed according and how they face chess programming. For Mark is a past time >>operation, something he does in his home maybe with the help of his son, but Ed >>has a full, formal company with several employess and of course he is full time. > >I know his son. And I know Mark. But the facts remain the same: >with any sold hiarcs6 for fritz5 engine, he sells one unit hiarcs6-Dos less. > >>For Ed to lend Rebel would be the same as closing HIS company and surrendering >>HIs flag. For Mark is just another way of getting something more of a secondary >>ocpation. > >But he is contraproductive. If I can buy hiarcs-engine for 98,- DM, and have to >pay 200,- DM for a dos-chess-program, i do buy fritz5 and hiarcs-engine. >And get many engines in one user-interface. So who buys hiarcs6 if he can buy >hiarcs engine 1/2 the price ?! > > Hi Thorsten: Well, maybe, the answer is that it is not contraproductive at all, at least we thinks Mark is in a trend of autoinmolation. Surely his step has been productive for him. Maybe his DOS Hiarcs has not sold well, who knows. I just put my faith in his common sense: if he does somthing it is because is better for him that not to do it. In fact I feel that the market for DOS programs has steadily deteriorated in this last couple of years and in our little field is just enough to see how many popst say " I will not purchase ano more dos programs". Me, I wont do, for certain. Fernando >>Fernando
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