Author: Bernhard Bauer
Date: 06:25:56 06/13/03
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On June 12, 2003 at 14:16:52, Dann Corbit wrote:
>On June 11, 2003 at 20:07:59, Jerry Winters wrote:
>
>> I'm doing a College research paper on Software piracy, i was wondering if
>>anyone could guess the percentage of people that visit this site, who use
>>illegal chess software on their computer? Any guesses? Based on visiting RGGC
>>and other sites i was guess about 90% is that reasonable?
>
>90% is absurd.
>
>It's really quite pointless anyway, for the following reasons:
>1. You can get a free system consisting of:
>A. Ruffian/Crafty/Yace {and other strong engines} that is close in strength to
>the commercial systems
>B. Winboard that allows simple and free online play
>C. Scid that gives good database access to chess information.
>
>Since all of the above is pure gratis, stealing is nothing but stupidity.
>
>2. You can get ChessMaster 9000 for about $30 or so. The King is a very
>strong engine (strong enough to beat 99.999% of the people who play it every
>game they attempt). It also has lots of usability features that make operation
>simple and pleasurable.
>
>If your integrity isn't worth $30 to you, then you are a pretty pathetic excuse
>for a human being.
>
>3. The expensive commercial systems like ChessBase and Chess Assistant are well
>worth the cost. And if you can't afford to cough up $150 or so, then use one of
>the above systems instead.
>
>Considering the difficulty and danger associated with software piracy, and the
>banal stupidity of the entire exercise, I think it is probably pretty rare.
Chessbase offers older versions for about 5 Euro. Currently I use Fritz 7 which
I bought at ALDI. In fact I bought Fritz 6 the same way. That way I get known to
the Chessbase user Interface.
So forget about Vincents statements. We should know him.
regards
Bernhard
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