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Subject: Re: Suggestion to Dan Wulff and Steen Suurballe: Gandalf 6 opening book

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 14:11:52 03/04/03

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On March 04, 2003 at 16:44:37, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:

>On March 04, 2003 at 16:09:53, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>
>>
>> A small company should not ignore the
>>request of users in order to survive.
>
>Absolute nonsense.
>
>Is Lokasoft on the brink of toppling? What information do you have?
>I think Lokasoft is a healthy company with a competing product. A lean
>interface, and a small but healthy product range.

This was a general statement and surely not nonsensetical, i have no
informations about Lokasoft. Most companies want to sell more products and grow.
Maybe Lokasoft is an exception.

>
>Again, if you want ChessBase standards, buy ChessBase products, and don't force
>competition to comply with the biggest in the market

I dont want Chessbase standards. I dont want Microsoft standards either.
Unfortunately many programs I use ONLY run on these platforms.
There are only two commercial databases available.
It is surely not a bad idea to make your product as compatible with their
standards as possible.


>
>We have seen where *that* leads to with Microsoft.
>
>J.



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